Come! Impropriety reigns

Spouse and children have left

oh fleeting moment of depravity (!)

shall we imbibe spirits? Cuddle on the couch?

 

You invade my thoughts all day

incompartible, inutterable desire!

unattached companions are baffled

their tastes run contrary

 

Ah! You play hard-to-get!

Your presence is fleeting

 

My tall, dark and silent one

we bid adieu until the next occasion

hauls the rest of the motley crew away

and quietude – sweet serenity – alights