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Terry Collett
Poems
Dec 2013
SECRET PLACE.
Della holds
tightly in
her stubby
nail bitten
8 fingers
a buttered
slice of toast
taking bites
now and then
then dips it
in the boiled
egg yoke deep
her mother
watches her
Downs daughter
with those kind
Mongoloid
bright blue eyes
how'd you sleep?
My eyes closed
Della says
sleep all night?
Yes all night
did you dream?
Had nightmare
what about?
Froggy's touch
what about
Froggy's touch?
I pretend
I'm asleep
why pretend?
If he thinks
I'm asleep
he won't touch
over much
he touches?
Touches me
tickles you?
Not always
but sometimes?
Della nods
eats her toast
her mother
looks at her
the wide mouth
the broad tongue
touches me
secret place
secret place?
Where abouts?
Della dips
the soldier
of sliced toast
in the yoke
of yellow
prods it down
and then out
and licks it
where abouts
does he touch?
Mother asks
secret place
Froggy says
mustn't tell
where abouts
Loadingdoes he touch?
Froggy said
cousin's can
where abouts
did he touch?
Mother asks
once again
Della stares
at her plate
of boiled egg
and sliced toast
thinking of
Froggy's touch
and promise
she had made
not to blab
(Froggy's word)
about it
the secret
touching place
it's nowhere
Della says
dreamed of it
in my sleep
are you sure?
Mother asks
Della nods
and dips toast
in the yoke
of the egg
thinking on
Froggy's touch
up her leg.
Written by
Terry Collett
Sussex, England
(Sussex, England)
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