Ever-Pleasant Denouement

It was whether the
pleasuring proceeded
from known indices
to unknown territories
by way of cancerous
progressions that
raised the debate.

It was already
too late to save
the relationship – he
eclipsed her needs
by a power of ten.
It is sexual slavery
she complained.

Foreplay with clinical
intent surely wasn’t
meant to pave the
only way to
orgasmic glory,
it ought to be
spontaneous play,

childlike and innocent,
diversionary, and the
grateful ending tinged
with astonishment,
thankfulness, and
an ever-pleasant
denouement.

I’m afraid you’ve
lost me there
he said anxiously,
can you please
explain what’s meant
by denouement?
© I.D. Carswell