Talking with Ken

Talking with Ken by Gavin Closey

He explains his love for different women.
his face gleaming, pridefully,
as if he kept track of his conquests,
how they had hurt him also,
how they had often controlled him,
as if he savoured their every caress,
and tried to ascertain their number,
where were they now?

She was an older lady
with a cultured voice,
who had answered the phone.
when I rang the man mentioned above,
regarding board at his place,
I am sitting at the table with her now,
in his house, waiting for him to ready,
so he can take me home,
she had been making sandwiches,
which I am enjoying eating,
but it's time to go,
I bid her farewell.