she sat on my lap

she sat on my lap one time

we were all sitting around

having drinks after work

and she plopped gracefully

into my lap

she did that to all the guys in the dorm

apparently

it was a spontaneous demonstration

of affection



I hugged my boss one time

we were all sitting around

having drinks after work

she was beside me on the couch

I put my arm around her and hugged her tight

despite the fact that

she was already married

the assistant director, who was single,

and who fancied herself by far the better-looking

glared at me and asked, acidly

"Are you drunk?"

"I suppose I am" I replied thoughtfully

I don't think my gesture meant

all that much

it was a spontaneous demonstration

of affection



come to think of it

I slept with the secretary once

we were all sitting around

having drinks after work

afterward I went back to her place

and we did it

"slept" is probably too strong a word

the whole thing took about

an hour and a half

and I didn't even stay the night

later that week, after I hadn't called her

she gave me a tape of "American Gigolo"

and she meant it to sting

I never thought of myself as a

Don Juan

it was just a spontaneous demonstration

of affection


--Ross Bender