"callused hands
do not a gentle lover make"
or so that first girl told me
she wanted a lover
with soft hands
lovely hands
artist hands
which mine were not
and so another thing
to add to my list of
Inadequacies
and so I've been shy of my hands
let my mouth
converse down skin
while my fingers clutched the bedsheets
but Dick
calls to my hands
craves my rough flesh
up and down the length of him
he asks for all that I will offer up
and he does not throw anything back
does not return any of my gifts
he pleads for my body
and does not make me feel
Inadequate
for any lack therein