She phones me at twilight. Saying eagerly that her woman is away again on a business trip and she'll be free for the entire night; asking me in her sweet husky voice what time she should come by. She doesn't ask me if I am free; she knows that for her I always am. She doesn't realize how much her need is revealed in the inflection of her voice.
I hurry to change out of my old jeans and tee-shirt, stripping off worn cotton bra and briefs; changing into an lacy lilac demi bra and matching g-string under a sheer floral mini dress: High on the leg and hip, empire waist, billowing sleeves. A retro 60's look, but she came of age, came out, in the 60's. And how I look is so important to her, and me.
She knocks firmly twice at my front door, she never uses the bell. I open it, holding in my hand her mug filled with hot green tea. Neither of us drinks anything stronger, we met at an AA meeting. Our only addiction is us, we get drunk on each other, on our sex. He short gray hair glows silvery under the porch light, but she smiles like a kid.
She enters, hands me her rain-damp jacket, takes the mug, and quickly kisses me. I hang the jacket up as she goes to my leather armchair, places aside my guitar, and sits with her legs stretched out. I smile and kneeling before her, I pull off her favorite black engineer boots with fancy silver buckles. It's a gesture that relaxes and excites her all at the same time.
Her eyes are caressing me; it only takes that for me to shiver. I stand and walk behind the chair, my hands fall on her shoulders and I start to slide the muscles back and forth. She sighs, and undoes the buttons of her flannel workshirt. She is almost completely flat, but she has such large nipples β I can see the outline of them underneath her ribbed tank top.
I ease her heavy shirt off her shoulders and start to knead deeply her muscles; alternating between fingertips and a fist, small circular movements. We talk casually. We have a rule, we never talk about our personal lives; we talk about novels and poems we love, the musicians we both raptly listen to. I mind more than speak, my hands moving, paying attention to the rhythm of her breathing.