Attractive So He Reaches

“Within and inside the complications we thrive,” she says with earnestness. Mesmerized by her dilated azure eyes and the way her lips move while enunciating polysyllables he listens intently, his mouth slightly open in a dumbstruck way. “You know, there are many deep expressions of truth in Sha(wo)man Susie’s book The Ultimate Interness which I’ll give only to you for an appropriate donation.” There is much about her he finds exceedingly attractive so he reaches for his thin wallet to pull out his last twenty. Andrew Jackson seems to give him a sad look as he holds the bill out for her. She deftly snaps it from his hand and leans forward letting her salmon-color gypsy top fall open enough to see the shape of his dreams. She pauses for his appreciation… but within seconds, her soft lips brush his ear as she whispers; “Twenty is nice,” sensuously elongating the word nice, “but I know you can donate more.”
 

       The Feminine Mystique –           

       in the charity donation bin’s

       overflow pile


* Jeffrey Winke is a haiku/haibun poet and public relations counselor. Recent publications include That Smirking Face, a haiku-art broadside collaboration with Matt Cipov (Milwaukee: Distant Thunder Press, 2008) and PR Idea Book: 50 Proven Tools That Really Work (Denver: Outskirts Press, 2006). www.jeffwinke.com