life lessons that are priceless – the deceptive sexiness of restraint

Unexpectedly, he made a sober


success


with his self-published book


of decorous confessions.

It eschewed turmoil in the


bedchamber


and coarse descriptions


of disarranged clothing,

but confided reminiscences —


a bird


which he’d stolen from a gold


cage;
 a love message intercepted;

a trespassing glance glanced,


and the dénouement:


the day when he took her hand

and, with slow avidity,


stripped her white kid glove


from her warm, willing fingers

Decorous confessions, Connie Bensley