love in two acts

act 1

he enters left

removes his coat

and sits in the dark

she hears him enter 

but pretends sleep 

the house is silent

except for the hiss hiss of the heat

and the tick tock of the clock

he slips between sheets

he does not reach for her

she hopes he does not sense how much she wants him to

act 11

morning arrives on wings of night

soft sunlight invades the room

he takes her roughly and too soon

she gasps from the heft of him 

and the smell of saliva on his neck

her senses tell the tale

he has another he has a lover 

her body betrays and comes 

completed he turns from her and sighs

a satisfied sigh

she goes into the bathroom and 

washes him and her pride down the drain