How It Should Be Done Poem by Louise Tredoux

Juliette supplied context and situation, but
the characters were mine, within the freedom
she had given, my heroine was overpowered
by Juliette’s hero, I insisted on adding the lines
while Juliette directed the action

He sang of the beauty of the curve of her lips
while tracing the outline – Juliette had him go
further, kissing the heroine; under my guidance
he promised to make her feel divine, explained
what he would do, where he ached to touch

Juliette unstoppable had him take her to bed,
I insisted on his talking while Juliette made him
active, I had to rein her in, he can’t talk and make
love at the same time, I wanted the commentary
while she wanted action

We glared at each other while her hero and my
heroine remained frozen, two puppets awaiting
our commands, Rudi walked in, laughed at our
folly and promised to show me tonight how
it should be done…