The Original Theme

Well, she says, its like journeying from vague 

memory to the deluxe version of karma sutra 

without turning a page. I am into the Sanskrit

idea of what matters as sensual significance; 

I dare express myself soulfully less the ‘oohs 

& aahs’ of th’ so-called trendy set, especially 

where the meaning’s lost in heavy breathing; 

my partner agrees that the silence is golden 

Or we could repeat those mantras of an age 

we so gained through a quietude of ripening

gracefully - & being blessed it didn’t tactilely 

‘forget’ us in rhyme or reason. While there’s 

a nacreous eloquence of sensuality in play, 

we still ably discern it is the original theme 

© 19 January 2017, I. D. Carswell