JEANETTE AND A KISS.

A GIRL AND A BOY AT SCHOOL IN 1962

Jeanette sits

in the class

music's played

Beethoven

sonata

Miss Graham

the teacher

at a grand

piano

thin wire framed

spectacles

her grey hair

in a bun

aged fingers

touching keys

many kids

in the class

sit bemused

others bored

out of brains

smile or smirk

but to her

sitting there

beside blonde

Angela

is transfixed

a new world

opens up

pretty much

like that kiss

stolen quick

by that boy

Benedict

on the field

after lunch

as she sat

all alone

Angela

had gone to

the crapper

(the wrong week

to sort out)

no reasons

were given

just that kiss

on her cheek

soft and damp

then he'd gone

leaving her

as one stung

by a bee

and she watched

as he went

towards school

and she sat

between worlds

old and new

balancing

her hormones

steering clear

of all those

dangerous

hidden rocks

Jeanette moves

to music

around her

her fingers

on the desk

like keyboard

pushing thoughts

of the kiss

from her mind

closing eyes

matching up

Benedict

inwardly

with passion

like one blind.