Sunday, December 2, 2007

I'm just being Ernest (Hemingway)

She sits on my bed
doing homework.
Just seventeen.
Watching T.V.
Complaining about the smoke,
complaining about my weight.
"We should have sex."
"We should drink wine."
"Why is everything about drinking?"
"Why is everything about sex?"
We stare blankly.
Frankly,
this conversation isn't going anywhere.
Off go the pants.
Up goes the shirt.
Tight grip the hand.
Soft touch the fingers.
Five minutes pass.
I haven't proven a thing.
We lay on our backs,
as we laugh and we laugh.
"We should have sex."
"We should drink wine."

5 comments:

Franco said...

It's important to be ernest.

Nice rhyme with TV and seventeen.

And "'We should have sex.'/'We should drink wine.'" is fucking fantastic. You're really good with dialogue.

Toadie said...

I really appreciate your comments man! Glad ya dig the dialogue!

S. Noel said...

i agree. "we should have sex.'We should drink wine." is a great fucking line.

Toadie said...

My girlfriend is on my bed, really laughing...

Oh, how poetry rings true!

Yeah and we're drinking wine

Hahah thanks for the critique guys

Toadie said...

My girlfriend is on my bed, really laughing...

Oh, how poetry rings true!

Yeah and we're drinking wine

Hahah thanks for the critique guys