Tuesday, April 22, 2008

The Game

I was in the playhouse with a beautiful boy.
The old man on the porch across the street thought
We were doing something -- adult.
We weren't -- not even a kiss
I wanted a kiss -- he didn't even try.

The old man tried when I went to his house.
He was old enough to be my grandfather.
I told my mama.
There was a confrontation.
I grew up.
Some old men still cross the line.
I don't trust any man
Around my two too-young nieces.

A boy came to my back door smelling clean.
"It's just soap", he said.
He kissed me -- he didn't ask.
It wasn't bad.
I tried to let him down -- gently.
Did he tell the boys in the bottom
That he had scored?
It didn't phase me then
I can smile about it now.

I walked into my living room.
They were waiting for me.
He tried to kiss me.
She tried to kiss me.
I caught the look between them.
I wondered – what is this?
Am I suppose to be that easy?
She should have tried without him.
I already knew that his touch
Didn't move me.

R and me went to my cousin’s house.
And made too much noise trying to let the sofa - up.
In the car when I dropped him off
He held the door open with his foot.
So that the guys could see him kiss me good night.
Did he tell them that he had scored?

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NOTE: These are just bits & pieces as I moved through my life. The sofa was kept flat, but we wanted to sit, so tried to let it up. We didn't go beyond kissing. (See, I tried the guy thing.) A man asked a woman if she ever had a good relationship with a man. Someone has probably wanted to ask me that. The 'just soap' boy wouldn't look at me or acknowledge me after I turned him down. Another guy who liked me, wouldn't look at me after he heard the rumors. A few guys I know, don't care. They still like me, and want to put their arms around me or stand close. I don't push anyone away who wants to make contact as long as they are respectful. --Salty

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