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CALM DAY ON THE WATER

It is quiet.

A couple sits

in their boat fishing,

“Nice day.”

“Should we go

to the Bloom’s party?”

“I’m concerned

about Harold—he

didn’t look well.”

Her husband thinks

of how later he will

lick her breasts,

she thinks how

she’d like him to go

down on her.

Across the bay

a fisherman casts

again and again,

wonders if he will

get a raise,

reminds himself to

fertilize the lawn

and bring the car

in for an oil

change. He thinks

of a cold beer at home,

his plump wife,

hoping she’ll suck

him dry tonight.

A cabin cruiser comes

up the channel,

a husband and wife,

son and teenage daughter.

“Is your homework

done?” “When do you

have to be at

soccer practice?”

“Don’t worry I’ll

have your uniform

cleaned in time.”

The wife wants a little

peace and quiet,

to go off by herself,

have a gin and tonic,

read a trashy book,

use her vibrator

--sex with her husband

is so full of demands.

Their daughter, a high

school senior, wears

a string bikini,

push up bra top.

Her fifteen year old

brother is turned on.

They round

the first buoy.