Two Sides Same Coin
for L.M.M.

giddy girl no longer
at least not yesterday

defiant, fierce
resistance shocking to him

not to be overcome
not to be moved

he desisted almost immediately

his idea was to disrobe her
as he'd done over and over

she’d resist only to capitulate
to give in easily enough after

she was a rock
he could not overturn

so many miles away
from once when he stripped her

and naked, dizzy, giddy,
she headed for his front door

he thought she’d go naked
onto his upstairs porch

caught herself, returned to his arms
his bed, to all his other body parts
was made love to and make love too

yesterday a different day
a different season
different woman all together
to grapple with, to tangle with

had he persisted
he knew not what might have befallen him

she was much too strong to break
or to convince
invincible woman
with arms of steel

had he insisted
she might have whipped him

it might have lead
to outright violence

to picking up something or other
to swing or throw or hit

one or the other in handcuffs
off to court and charged


© Obediah Michael Smith, 2008
6:10 p.m. 30.06.08