So eager <br />to divest ourselves <br /> <br />of our outer garments <br /> <br />(you down now to your smalls <br />me to my nothing at alls) <br /> <br />we can’t recall <br />how any or all <br /> <br />of our underwear <br /> <br />came to be <br />here and there or there & here <br /> <br />the bell buzzing <br />us into panic <br /> <br />mother-in-law visiting <br />to see how we are coping <br /> <br />casting a critical eye <br />on our new abode <br /> <br />and to our amazed delight <br />winning her zeal of approval. <br /> <br />“You’ve made it a home! ” <br />she pronounces in a silk purse from a sow’s ear tone. <br /> <br />All goes well until <br />being gentlemanly <br /> <br />I go to give her <br />money for her taxi fare <br /> <br />pull out <br />wallet <br /> <br />& <br />your cream coloured crumpled panties <br /> <br />(hastily stuffed into pocket in panic) <br /> <br />spills at her horrified feet <br />sexily lingering over the tips of her toes <br /> <br />still attempting <br />to be civil <br /> <br />(she looks at me as if I were the Devil) <br /> <br />& simply ignoring what’s happening <br />kicks them aside as if they hadn’t ever existed <br /> <br />they land <br />on the cat <br /> <br />who runs ‘round the flat <br />panties on his back <br /> <br />she leaves <br />in a huff <br /> <br />without another word <br /> <br />the door <br />slamming behind her <br /> <br />as we flower <br />into helpless laughter.<br /><br />Dónall Dempsey<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/cream-coloured-panties/
