His charm,
his overwhelming self-assurance
sucks me in. Seduction
is an easy slope to slither down
for a simple northern lass.
The schools
these well-heeled boys attend
teach subtle lessons
not just the classics
and advanced debating skills
but an understanding of the finer things
of life; I lap him up,
slip between his sheets
of 600 thread count Egyptian cotton.
Tonnie Richmond lives in Leeds and has spent many summers as a volunteer archaeologist in Orkney. She has had poems published by Yaffle, Dragon/Yaffle, Dreamcatcher, The High Window, Driech, Leeds Trinity University and others. Her first pamphlet will be published later this year.
Painting Diego Rivera
Portrait of Linda Christian