The Others

Before you there was another
and another
and another
and maybe some I don't remember clearly
except a vision of their naked bodies
when we fucked

and the others
many still are with me
some have married
some have moved away
some fell out of love
some abandoned
this playing field

but others there still are

so do not ask me where I was today
or who I saw yesterday
or do I have plans for tomorrow

If I am not talking to you
I talking to another
If I'm not seeing you
I'm seeing another
If I'm not fucking you
I'm fucking another

I am a man
this is the way it is
the way it has always been
how it will always be

If you want me
accept me
and
accept all the others
As I accept your others