Being There 47bc Poem by Terry Collett

Annona
lays in bed
her husband

old Marcus
has gone off
having had

his breakfast
to meet friends
in the town

she wishes
he was off
on one of

Caesar's wars
not with her
in her bed

with his rough
love making
her slave girl

Amy comes
(such beauty
how the gods

could give such)
and attends
to her needs

helps her bath
brushes hair
dresses her

all the time
that's she near
Annona

just wants her
in her bed
huddled close

making love
soft touches
lips on skin

but Marcus
may return
and spoil it

so she sits
and feels her
sweet slave girl's

hands touch her
in dressing
and doing her

fine black hair
being there.