It's Never Just One Maiden, Is It?
A Double Etheree
Inspired by Gustav Klimt's "The Maiden"

Folds,
blankets,
six women,
tumbling over
each other to find
the man they once believed
loved just one, and only one,
fragile, gentle woman so sweet.
Now mangled together in a ball,
hiding unison, silent lamenting
of fallen tears, sweat, blood, stolen away
in black, blue, and brightly colored swirls
of the ecstasy and pleasure
they will never dare forget.
Lost, still thinking; they want
arms to enclose them,
to believe that
they are the
only
One.