SHE WAS UP FOR IT 1973

A MAN AND WOMAN ON A BLIND DATE IN 1973

She was up for it,
Johnny knew the signs,
saw the advertisement
in her dark liquidy eyes,
smelt it in her perfume,
the kind of perfume
that said I want to be laid.

She stood in the doorway
of her apartment,
one hand on the open door,
cigarette held between fingers,
the other lowering the top
of one side of her black dress
(you can imagine the rest).

Johnny noted she wore no bra,
no rings, no sign she was
signed and sealed to another,
no sign she was disappointed
to see him, so show of shyness,
just that cool unfolding signal
how about sex? how about you
and I spread out a little,
listen to some jazz on the Hi-fi,
drink some booze?

All shown without words,
without big gestures,
none of her revealing:
I am a s**t, take me as you
want me kind of thing;
just Johnny standing against
the door jamb, cigarette between
lips, one in his right hand
maybe for later, she staring
at the elevator door closing
and he gazing at her as if  
she was some Venus de Milo...

Well, you know.