A Bracelet and Snapshots

I will not covertly make movies again
-- she chanced on my camera and flounced out the door.
A bracelet and snapshots are all that remain.

She briefly came back. Her screams were profane.
Not even ten lions could add to her roar.
A bracelet and snapshots are all that remain.

I washed all my bedclothes, removing a stain,
remembering how she would sigh and cry 'More!'.
I will not covertly make movies again

of long sensual nights with first-class champagne,
my camera zooming from inside a drawer.
A bracelet and snapshots are all that remain

-- but what about sex? I guess I'll abstain,
sell movies to pornstores, both soft- and hardcore.
I will not covertly make movies again

-- there's something about that that just seems insane.
We had a connection, real trust and rapport!
I will not covertly make movies again.
A bracelet and snapshots are all that remain.