DEFLOWERED

A BOY AND GIRL AND LOVE IN THE GYM

Hadasa
deflowered
lay smiling

on the floor
of the gym
amongst ropes

P.E. mats
skipping ropes
behind thick

black curtains
we listen
for voices

coming near
the gym door
or anyone

entering
from outside
no one comes

in recess
she tells me
the teacher

of P.E.
never comes
she goes home

I am glad
this moment
would be spoilt

if someone
came in now
I reply

she puts her
underclothes
back on slow

savouring
the moment
of freedom

I pull up
and zip up
then we lay

looking up
at the gym
what would we

have done if
they'd come in?
she asks me

I don't know
I reply
but I do

imagine
us frozen
laying there

you beneath
my body
me on top

backside bare.