HIS AFTERNOON HEAD.

[dadio]

Judy lies
on the double bed
having made love
for the second time round

that early afternoon
Benedict lies beside her
gazing out the window
at the afternoon sky

she talking about
the grocery store
and the customers
and the bottom pinching

manager
the creepy fart
she says
Benedict turns his gaze

to the profile
of her breast
knowing he shouldn't
but likes

her left one best
following the contour
of her ribs
and the pelvic sweep

the brown pubic patch
sticky
with semen leak
she eyeing

his hazel eyes
the quiff of hair
him laying there
his sleeping pecker

resting on the leg
he eyeing her thigh
the dark bite of love
the pantyline

still there
she saying
she'll have to go
her mother will wonder

why she wasn't home
on her half day off
from work
he saying yes

his mother'd be home
from work
on the next bus
from town

they share
a deep frown
no more love making
least not that day

she laying back
her skirt hitched up
around her waist
her blouse open

all the way down
her panties on the floor
by the bedroom door
one more kiss

before we go
she says
lips soft waiting
and meeting touch

she wanting to
but time running out
he wishing time
would stand still

to allow one more go
she noticing
the sleeping pecker
beginning to stir

their lips press
and tongues touch
soon to be going time
to stay too short

the afternoon sky
a cloudy grey
he kissing her
once more

wishing she could stay
not now
she says
another time and day

and so they rise
and dress
and she takes her leave
walking out

the back gate
and home
and he waving
her goodbye

goes back in
to make up
the double bed
carrying her image

and their love
in his afternoon head.