FULL MOON ON TOP OF A CHAMPAGNE PALM'S TIP

WOMAN

when you treat me as another
bone or meat
when you think i am just another
dog

i do not really mind, i ignore it,

but how can i ignore you?
how can i describe how gently you have
abused
every vein, every muscle, every
hardness that i still have

when it is over, when you finally dress up
and set your hair and without a word from you
you close the door

i do not really mind, i just ignore it

i can be a dog for now, but i am not
i too have to sweat it out, spend some time
thinking and running and flexing

hoping still, to have another time and
ignore you again.