THE SEA AND HER 1962

A BOY AND GIRL IN 1962 AND A PROMISED KISS

I see her
Shoshana
on the grass

with some girl
lunch recess
warmish sun

overhead
hi Naaman
she calls out

the girl goes
as I come
and sit down

watching her
taking in
her black hair

and dark eyes
the green skirt
and white blouse

she's talking
of lessons
history

of some king
with 6 wives
I like how

close she is
to me now
she sitting

with her feet
tucked under
her behind

she says this
English king
had 2 wives

beheaded
I want to
hold her hand

feel her flesh
sense her pulse
through her nerves

I listen
watch her lips
how they move

study her
small tight tits
beneath her

grey/white blouse
he divorced
2 of them

she tells me
as we sit
Shoshana

I break in
and take hold
of her hand

forget kings
and their queens
think of this

this touching
this feeling
us here now

wanting to
here I pause
wanting to?

she asks me
wanting what?
just to kiss

lips to lips
I tell her
she blushes

looks away
not here though
not right here

somewhere else
not today
she tells me

I love her
darkish eyes
like gazing
at a deep dark sea.