Keeping Score
Sex is like tennis. When you play an inferior opponent, your game suffers.
- Edie, Desperate Housewives
I didn't know she was
keeping score but when
she told me the results—
six orgasms to none,
her favor—I knew I was
too far behind to make
any sort of comeback, so I
did what I usually do in those
precarious situations—I packed
my racket and looked for another
partner, who wouldn’t keep score,
who was more into volleying, who
would be delighted if I just got the ball over the net.
by Hal Sirowitz
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One critic said of Hal Sirowitz's work, "You don't have to have a sad childhood to be a writer but in Mr. Sirowitz's case it helped." Robert Frost once said free verse is like playing tennis without a net. But, that's the way Sirowitz likes to play—less hindrance at keeping the volley alive.