You threw me
What I took to be a cautionary warning
- Or perhaps permission -
Disguised as casual commentary

Random acts of sex are not cheating

Justification found in the statement
That there is no reason, no control
In a moment of passion

And then you say
You'd prefer not to know -
If you ever cheat on me
Please don't tell me.

You'd prefer not to know.

Disguised as casual commentary,
The seed was planted -
Or at least thrown.

You told a tale of infidelity
An aunt who destroyed
The house of her husband's mistress

Not my style, I say.
No matter if there is or isn't
Reason or control
In a moment of passion -

I prefer to tell.

And one more thing -
A cautionary warning, if you will
-Or perhaps permission -

I don't cheat.
I never lie in my beds of commitment.

If reason, or lack of reason
Takes me elsewhere -

I won't come back.