a solitary sequestered wife
the epitome of genteel womanhood
pensive, simple and longing for life
conflicted fantasies and fears
dreams of illicit relations, agonizing hesitations
have elicited tears for years
alone in her rec. room she loves to dance
swirling to rhythmic electric beats
her aura shows her need for romance
alone in her studio she loves to paint
abstract deceptive, perceptive canvases
a complex substitution, a feint
alone in bedroom in piles of debris
with drugs she hallucinates her paramour
conquered, her feelings long to be free
alone at her desk with pen in hand
composing in the syntax of love
the genre universal throughout this land
in walks her man resembling her antipathy
his self concern is paramount
she no longer cares for his sympathy