The One That Got Away
June 13th, 2007 by 
dani
I can see from the sparkle in your eye,
from the way you sidle up to me
that you’re looking for a new conquest
and I’m on the radar screen.
You’re on the prowl, so very virile,
lost youth hidden in your coy smile.
Hints drop from your lips like pebbles in a pond,
making waves that echo empty promises.
Dreaming of the trophy you’ll bring home,
you cast your line baited with innuendos
and wait for the slightest tug to reel me in,
to eviscerate me, stuff me, and set me glassy-eyed
over your mantel to collect dust.
I draw so near to you it hurts
(My hair tickles your cheek and
my perfume makes you dizzy)
then blow the words like bursting bubbles
into your eager ear
“Prove it”
before walking away.
Posted in Poetry | 
June 13th, 2007 at 12:30 pm
June 14th, 2007 at 9:40 am
Wow - loved this! You have obviously benn burnt before!
June 14th, 2007 at 11:56 am
I can relate to this and you tell the story very well. It would work well on stage I think!
June 14th, 2007 at 5:58 pm
Great poem. Boy have I been there, The trick is let them think they have you and then walk away. Great imagery.
love-bd
June 14th, 2007 at 6:06 pm
Subtle but very effective!
June 14th, 2007 at 7:33 pm
I was hoping it’d go on for bit more. Nice one…
June 14th, 2007 at 9:30 pm
Wow! I could feel it!
June 15th, 2007 at 1:34 am
OOoooohh! We’ve ALL wanted to say that a time or two.
Great Verse!
June 15th, 2007 at 3:06 am
Do you know my wife…
When I play the hunter these days with my wife, (with love in my heart, always) — there is no rebuff. But I still can remember my ’single’ days, and the games that are played on both sides — though that’s long ago for me.
Excellent bit of writing, Dani! Well done…
June 15th, 2007 at 3:17 am
The last stanza and the ending reeled me in. Nice job!
June 16th, 2007 at 6:22 am
Flirtacious, audacious, and very satisfying in the end. Nice!
June 22nd, 2007 at 12:29 am
Ooh! What naughty fun! Loved it!