the seduction

If I could seduce you,
I wouldn't. It
would take all the fun out of it
for it to be hypothetical,
and such a sure thing -
all I'd have to do is say yes,
and I'm in? Or I win? As if

that's how you want things
to go. If I could seduce you,

I wouldn't
know. If I really could,

I'd use some
other word.

And then I'd
say yes. Of course
I would! And then

you'd laugh.

So absurd