mutual masturbation

my mind is a crippled pear
speckled with afterthoughts
i get a little nervous and a little
tense if i don't get the punchline

but please don't open my skull
with the decadence of foreplay
ease me off my cloud of unknowing
with a gentle touch
and let it be

i still don't know how to play your tune
and if i must sing
i will drown
sinking like the sunset,

trembling like a leaf
on its way to the join the compost
of the nearly dead.

About This Poem

Last Few Words: i deep sixed yesterday's poem...needs much attention.... so today, this though not what I wrote yesterday, is probably it with half the verbiage. ~A

Editing Stage: Editing - rough draft

About the Author

Region, Country: Ohio, USA

Favorite Poets: Bokonon: “Let your life be the poem you write”.

Comments

Anna

i don't know why you chose "mutual" in the title to prefix masturbation which in essence is "self" indulgence...having said that...this write vividly expresses the mindset of a poet searching for that elation / climax while streamlining his/her thoughts..at least that's the way i perceived it...

favorite lines:-

i still don't know how to play your tune
and if i must sing
i will drown
sinking like the sunset,

trembling like a leaf
on its way to the join the compost
of the nearly dead.

i thoroughly enjoyed reading this ...