King Richard

she stares
benumbed

during happy hour
she complains about
men sending dick-pics

he jokes that his
other nickname
is ‘dick’

back in her room
when richie

removes richard
from trousers
with conviction

readied for righteous
revolutionary
reaction

she stares
repelled yet roused

eyes affixed
to richie’s
revelation

benumbed

revulsion revealed as
renaissance
reticence

she stares

mesmerized aroused
restrained reverence
obscuring desire

feigning offense

richie respectfully retreats

reevaluating
recalculating
recalling

sir willy:
‘the lady doth protest
too much methinks’