Once when I was twenty-two a cougar
Did take me in to be her special cub.
If only for a week - it was sweet sugar
(When I was young I could not get enough).
So rolling every night we in the sheets were -
In Newtown at your house (well life is tough).
Education owes a debt of gratitude -
Though best not to read on if you're a prude.

Drinking in a cocktail bar at midnight -
The loving in your eyes - a soft mystique.
If drinking's loneliness - then I am right: -
Why you're drinking by yourself down on King Street.
Sometimes a little courage for delight
In my young breast were butterflies (shall we meet?)
Something I now plead with every breath -
Beg for a chance - and for that little death.

Our fingers interlace - we find a joy
You push me down reclining on your couch
Cupid must his arrows now deploy
(I find my fingers quickly heading South).
Lovers should not in public this way toy
(It's lucky we are both now at your house).
I find another love now to replace -
You're lying in my arms now at your place.

You want it once - you want it fast and fancy -
The strength of both our needs now overcomes; -
You well over forty - with sophistry -
Seducing this young man - lust overruns.
The static in the air - our chemistry -
Newtown's summer night now in your arms.
Angel's wings now hide their eyes - and the reason?
Love had blossomed hot within its season.

A week now under your spell - love's duress -
A grace of destiny though furthermore.
I immortalize affection's hot caress -
I had you once - then I could not keep score.
Its good for the soul (they say) to confess
(If only for a week I now write for).
T'was something sweet - for all its brevity; -
After this, we parted - most amicably.

You say that nothing good can come of this?
(Now as we throw our caution to the wind).
Though what I felt that week was close to bliss
(As close I think as I shall ever find).
Words can speak no more - it's in your kiss -
The truest words 'ere spoken "love is blind"
So Robyn - here for you - my memory -
Enshrines our love now in this poetry.




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