tell me your fantasies

she said all solemn

a wink of her eye playful

we can explore them

have some fun

tho’ I shied away

talked of having none

created the lie

not bringing to light

pursuing these on my own

nobody else involved

for shame for fear

not for the share

these being my strange

not for the dare

unsure of what might come

if I indulged them with another

& later when she left

before the slam of the door

she gave a utter complete

rundown of my failings

list of inadequacies

which back of my mind

must have known she’d do

thanked myself for not

having to hear her

painfully itemize that too