He acts like a man with a mistress

Cell phone calls in
public toilets.
Smelling funny.
Mysteries.
“What? What?”
But there’s no mistress.
No jealous second life.
Just
nervous habits.

2 comments for “He acts like a man with a mistress

  1. heroic imp
    January 7, 2005 at 5:34 am

    Beautiful.

  2. Itto Ogami
    January 7, 2005 at 5:43 am

    fluid and sweet.
    “It is well to write love letters. There are certain things for which it is not easy to ask your mistress face to face, like money for instance.”
    —Henri De Regnier

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