Why I laugh

I once believed in love

then they licked the sugar away

Now I only laugh

at the farce of romantic men

I laugh at those eyes

looking away from my breasts

I laugh because I know

You'd rather I had no clothes on

I laugh at your fingers

tenderly tucking strands behind my ear

I laugh for I know

how they want to grab, kiss, hurt

I laugh at your mouth

feigning delicate poetry

I laugh for I know

your teeth long to sink into my flesh

I laugh at your tongue

faking grace and smooth words

I laugh for I know

it wants to claim my womanhood

I laugh at your kindness

that mask of cheap plastic

I laugh because you think

that's a ticket to my bed