Sonnet: “When Best Friends Are Tempted”

A woman friend of gorgeous pulchritude
presents a man with an experience
of nervous, elated, erotic mood:—
to him it's a most welcomed "hinderance."
A guy friend of strong, chiseled, sexy good looks
makes a woman self-conscious and confused
when reading, "Fifty Shades of Grey," (soft-porn books)
and thinking of him while fully aroused.
They both may think of the possibilities
and then wonder: "What can it hurt...if I cross
that line?" But is it worth the realities
and risks and the very real, potential loss
of a friendship? Hot friends may be real fine
but is it worth a hay roll (on Cloud Nine)?