Three Women, por Donald Hall | poemas, ensayos y cuentos en Poéticous

Ladies in Blue, by Émile Gilliéron

Donald Hall

Donald Hall

Three Women

When you like a woman,

you talk and talk.

One night you kiss.

Another night you fuck.

You’re both content,

maybe more than content.

Then she goes away.

When you like a woman,

you talk and talk.

One night you kiss.

Another night you fuck.

You’re both content,

maybe more than content.

Then she goes away.

When you like a woman,

you talk and talk.

One night you kiss.

Another night you fuck.

You’re both content,

maybe more than content.

Then she goes away.

From “The Back Chamber”

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