couples who don't play with each other's genitals often play with each other's minds instead

Orgasm: your brains fall out. 

Having a neocortex is a liability 

 

if you want to be a sex machine. 

Low-level anxiety is why sexual 

 

novelty can be so enticing. 

Normal marital sadism: 

 

It turns vitriol 

into lubrication. 

 

Where's your head during sex? 

Couples who don't play 

 

with each other's genitals often 

play with each other's 

 

minds instead. When 

was the last time 

 

you felt that 

with your partner? 

 

[Elizabeth Austen {1966?- }, 'From Dr. Schnarch's Married People's Sex Manual', in Every Dress a Decision]