The Attorney

 

Elizabeth Weiland Abrams

Copyright © by Elizabeth Weiland Abrams 2025

 

For D.

With affection

and appreciation

 

Table of Contents

 

The Call

The Crush

The Burn

The Mail

The Client

The Sensuous Woman

The Attorney

 

The Call

 

You made me laugh

in your witty way

so much so that

you are still

with me today

 

Haven’t had a muse

since I can

remember

better I stay still

silent and suffer

 

 

The Crush

 

It fell on me

like fairy dust

absorbed through                                                                                                                        

my heart and soul

 

I had forgotten

what it felt like

to sense the rush

the push and pull

 

Although he is

far away and

I am a fool

I feel the crush still

 

 

The Burn

 

I continued to

make an ass

out of myself

trying to

let go

still clinging

onto

the edge

of the ledge

as a client

I am rendered

“dormant”

like a bug

I hope

a Lady Bug

my sliding

glass doors

are open

Spring is

in the air

but I still

 

feel

the burn

 

 

The Mail

 

You’ve

got

mail

Remember

that

feeling

Seeing

that

name

Saying

you’re still

connecting

 

 

The Client

 

There is that

level of trust

one obtains

as the client

 

Turns out

that relationship

is complex

and perplexing

 

The client

affects a

sense of

security

 

And the

lines can

get blurred

at best

 

When

the client

becomes

obsessed

 

 

The Sensuous Woman

 

When I was

a young girl

I went through

my mother’s

underwear

drawer

and in her

sexiest bits

I found

a book

The Sensuous Woman

and my life

changed

forever

 

 

The Attorney

 

Virility and

vitality of

the attorney

jinxed me

while

exuding caring

compassion with

wily wisdom

As the fresh

Spring breeze

blows through

new green leaves

warm sunlight

flickers on these

the attorney

lingers in

my dreams