AFFAIR WITH MY WIFE
I can’t remember ever writing a villanelle before. The first line, “I’m having an affair with my wife in sleep” was with me all day. Later I went to see Peter Sears read – he shared a villanelle and I wanted to try the form. The result is below.
AFFAIR WITH MY WIFE
I’m having an affair with my wife in sleep.
She knows. She doesn’t care.
Unsure who’s there across the sheets.
I grasp straight from a dream
of rising too quick for air.
I’m having an affair with my wife in sleep.
It’s not anything too deep.
I just shoot up like a flare.
Unsure who’s there across the sheets.
My mind lags as hands reach
to her skin, pink and bare.
I’m having an affair with my wife in sleep,
who whispers the promise we keep
as I whisk her hair.
Unsure who’s there across the sheets.
No light, just sounds that seep
as our parts begin to pair.
I’m having an affair with my wife in sleep.
Unsure who’s there across the sheets.
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(NOTE: Thanks to ReadWritePoem for prompting some rhyming fun this week.)
dirty
Dirty, yes, but cleverly disguised as poetry.
quirky. original. sort of funny and sexy at the same time. so like you.
This truly works in the villanelle form.
Continue having an affair with your wife.
Love it!
nicely written
thanks wayne – I appreciate you reading and sending a note.
Dave
Thanks for the words, Katie.
Thanks – I’ll do that (as long as she’ll have me).
This is FANTASTIC!
H