she waits, as instructed,

behind the door

in white tie and tails

I hear her calling

entering, I sweep her

up and into my arms

she nestles her head

beneath my chin,

stretching every sinew,

touching me

everywhere she can reach

moaning, a little

searching out where I've been

nibbling

and when she suspects a rival

bites

eshewing all table manners

we fall to the bed

fierce hunters, brought to ground

to sort it

and surrendering

she turns her head

exposing her throat

at once vulnerable and demanding

I take the hint

run my fingers over that stretch of jaw

stroke the gentle arabesque

so strong it may shatter

with the force of all this love

trace the auricle with my lips

and tug on her ear

she likes this

impatient with the molecule between us

she would tear off her tux, popping studs

if allowed

instead I brush

her black-silk hairs from my face

while she purrs

- kmf (RedSonja, aka RunswithScissors)