Soap Opera (Episode #4) Poem by Bryan Corbett

Soap Opera (episode #4)
'Appreciation'

while Frank Storm was in room 403
of a Marriott hotel looking down
at a barely legal girl on her knees
who was showing her appreciation
for the three hundred dollars bills
he had given her in the elevator

Frank's wife Bianca was poolside at their house
on her knees and staring up at the pool guy
showing her appreciation for all his hard work
she showed her appreciation two or three times a month
sometimes she also showed her appreciation
to the landscaper and his crew
one at a time, of course
but not always

sometimes the postman was appreciated
the FedEx guy had been appreciated
a plumber had been appreciated
as had been her personal trainer
Bianca loved appreciating men
almost as much as she despised her husband

but being married to Fowler Construction's
Chief of Operations did have its perks:
an eighteen room McMansion in Calabasas
and more money than she could possibly spend
(though God knows, she's tried her damnedest)
Bianca wasn't going anywhere anytime soon


to be continued...