oh how i adore an ode to me

i must admit i’ve enjoyed a wide range of love letters – notes written in blood to songs recorded promising endless fidelity and pages of poems to drawings drawed.

but, *sigh*, for the past year or so there’s been a bit of a dry spell.

until recently, when for shits and giggles and a bit of twitter fun, some plums dedicated some of their time to penning a few lines in my honour. how could i not feel awesome. something like this:

like the smiling kitten. not the sleeping dog.

like the smiling kitten. not the sleeping dog.

so without further ado:

from david
(an excerpt from a poem that may or may not be about me by an almost acquaintance who is Very Good With Words)

She’s charming, she’s gorgeous, she’s lovely and fun;
She’s as elusive as green flashes at the last of the sun;
She’s as feisty as a nettle that’s been known to stun;
From the prickles that surround it: I’d know, i’ve been done.

By night she’s all Gulab Juman, sticky and sweet;
With her in a conference, staying cool is a feat;
But for her I would wait, till her body’s on heat;
From the fiery brimstone, in hell where we meet.

For putting wings on her, and a harp in her hand;
Is an insult to her talents, please, let me expand!
I’ve seen her on another lady, in a hall and on land;
And her poise is delicious, delightful, contraband.

Thinking about her I’ve been known to blush;
From the blood that’s been pumping, to my cheeks all agush;
So I’ll bide my time, there’s no need to rush;
We’ll lie together again, like royalty side by side in a flush.

Immortal Prose from @uberfiend
(a touch of wordsmithing from a word master is not to be sniffed at)

Ahem…

A sex toy reviewer named Black
Cried out, “It’s a very sad fact.
That my nights are so blurry,
With things latex and whirry
That I may need an op to take up the slack.”

No?
Wait…
What about a Haiku?

Cherry blossoms falling on anal beads.
The cat looks once. And leaves the room
Hindquarters clenched…

No?
What about some Monty Python?

Ohhhhhh Emmanuel Kant used a lubricant
And slipped into the whole stable
Heidegger, Heidegger hired a female beggar
With a strap-on she was most able
And John Paul Sartre, loved the Sapphic arts….

Fine…I’ll go now!

 

You been Poem’d by @ShellsPemBroke
(a very unbroken pen)

parp.

parp.

I used to think that love and sex were topics too taboo,
And then along came Dorothy, who cut through all the poo. (I wanted to write shit, but it didn’t rhyme.)
No longer need I hide in silence, my questions still unasked,
This luscious beast, so wise and fair, my troubled did unmask.

Foreplay does not in fact refer to playing some Kenny G,
And that may be why before her blog, I never got past base three.
Sexy dances are only sexy when you happen to have good moves.
The “Running Man” simply does not count, nor does dancing to the Bee Gees grooves.

Apparently I’ve  been doing it wrong, and that’s not where it’s supposed to go,
Unless you’re into kinkier things, or are a bro who loves other bros.
And also when you’re doing it, it seems to go without saying,
You must inform BEFORE-HAND that you actually are role-playing.

And as for toys and gadgets, they are made for boys AND girls,
And once again you need consent BEFORE you give them a whirl.
But none of these things I would have known, if it weren’t for Dot’s blog leaking.
I tried to ask this to my dad, and we are no longer speaking.
(Also the visual aids probably weren’t necessary.)

A broken pen

follow shells on twitter @ShellsPemBroke

Thank you all, you are most awesome.

No sex on 5FM

The question: I’ve been with my girlfriend for about 7 yrs now and the sex is as dry as the kalahari. Sex was great for the first 3 yrs but then it just disappeared. She doesn’t ever kiss me the way she used to or touch me in that way. I have to basically force myself onto her at night and that only happens once a year if I’m lucky. The rest of the time she pushes me away. Is she cheating on me? Does she not fancy me sexually anymore or is it that she just has no sex drive? Some people I speak to tell me she might be lesbian. All I really want is a healthy average sex life. I’m not getting younger and have needs. If she does not attend to them then what am I to do? I do look at other woman and often considering cheating but don’t want to hurt her.

Listen to the 5fm #thedotspot answer >>No sex

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this is by far my most regular question and, dependent on the various factors, are difficult to answer sometimes. i find it hard to condone a situation where a partner is demanding monogamy but not providing the intimacy and sex, a ‘don’t cheat, but i’m not having sex with you either’ scenario.

i’m also amazed at the mountains of excuses people will make to avoid breaking up with someone that is not suitable for them (any more). it’s sometimes easier to blame our partners for not putting out instead of taking responsibility for our own dissatisfaction and moving on, or facing the fact that they don’t find us attractive anymore, or that we don’t find them attractive anymore.

simpler to blame it on work, the kids, the family, money, expectations, misunderstandings…

playing the blame game prevents any real engagement with the choices you have made for yourself or the choices you can be making. no one needs to be a martyr.