Gentlemen

It’s all stories.
Fables we have been told
Of discipline, of culture.
How to dress in public.
You may tempt a gentleman.

They are feeble minded,
Gentlemen. All of them.

Smile at them,
They smile back with
A façade,
decorating lust lying inside.

Touch them,
They feel your skin
Like a hot cake ready to eat,
Gentlemen.

A hug,
soft, formal, casual even
tells them to disrobe you
and measure you in mind,
feeding an instant growth underneath.
Gentlemen on the periphery.

I am a gentleman,
One of them,
On the periphery.