Yochana
waits for me
to get off
the school bus
she stands there
in her school
uniform
black straight hair
thin features
missed me then?
I ask her
getting out
of the bus
not really
she answers
her thin hands
are clutching
each other
can we talk?
she asks me
sure we can
so we walk
towards school
kids passing
beside us
what is it?
I ask her
Angela
my best friend
at the school
says not to
talk with you
but I must
I can't sleep
otherwise
we pause by
the school gates
what is it?
I ask her
noticing
just how thin
her frame is
her features
you kissed me
why did you?
why did I?
I wonder
watching her
on her cheek
it had been
just like that
felt like it
I answer
is that all?
nothing more?
she asks me
I like you
I tell her
think of you
all the time
so you say
she utters
shouldn't kiss
just like that
hurry up
get in school
a prefect
near the gate
says to us
what's the rush?
I ask him
just get in
he utters
we go in
the school grounds
don't kiss me
any more
she mutters
and goes off
I watch her
her thin hips
do not sway
she looks back
towards me
I blow her
a palm kiss
she grabs it
and puts it
to her breast
then walks on
out of sight
Reynard R
my best friend
comes over
who's the bint?
he asks me
just a girl
aren't they all?
some are more
girl's a girl
bit of skirt
then he talks
of football
and would I
be in goal
at lunchtime
on the field
I guess so
I reply
but it's her
Yochana
I think of
and the kiss
on her cheek
at the start
of the week.
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