LGBTQ+ Poem: Seduction Three Ways, by Steve Watson

1
As we walked to George’s apartment,
hundreds of stars watched overhead.
We didn’t hold hands, we’re men,
but we would occasionally lean into one another –
an easy communication.
We didn’t speak, we knew
where we were going . . . and why
on this steamy August night. 47 words

2
He didn’t ask me home,
we just left together,
comfortable in our own certainty.
We walked in silence that hot, late August night,
glancing up at a black sky full of stars.
No need to look at one another,
we knew we were there and why,
smiling smugly to ourselves. 50 words

3
We glanced once at each other
as we walked side by side
down a deserted Cambridge Street,
beneath a somehow moonless late summer sky
filled with brilliant stars.
Our silence
and the occasional brushing of shoulders
was ample communication
of our shared intent
that perfect leonine night. 49 words

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