The first movie I saw
after having sex with him
Was Lady Chatterly
in French.
I surprised myself
by crying
When Constance holds
a baby chick
And realizes she may
never have a baby.
I also wept suddenly
when her lover
Confesses that he is
in love with her.
The tears did not stop
until the film ended,
Abruptly, like most
foreign films.
Afterward, I realized
I had not watched
All the sex scenes
with my usual bitterness
But instead had
held my breath
Waiting for the lovers
to climax.
Funny, how the world
does not change.
Go to Canada with him,
I wanted to shout.
Take your chance for
happiness, but women
Did not just leave their
husbands then,
And despite what the numbers
say, women do not
Always leave them now.
Lady Chatterly at the Siskel
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