Tell me, she said,
and when he whispered
all he’d wanted
for god knows how long,
he sounded not unlike
a boy
in a confessional
begging for absolution.
Not only did she
forgive him,
she even became
his penance.
Tell me, she said,
and when he whispered
all he’d wanted
for god knows how long,
he sounded not unlike
a boy
in a confessional
begging for absolution.
Not only did she
forgive him,
she even became
his penance.