Benedict looked over
the edge of the garden
looked down
at the sheer drop
Lizbeth looked over too
standing beside him
quite a drop
she said
are your two little sisters
safe when they stand here ?
she asked
we’re usually with them
or my mum
Benedict said
he looked
at the beautiful view
ahead of him
hills
fields
trees and bushes
birds in the sky
she looked sideways
on at him
his quiff of hair
the open neck shirt
the jeans
the rest of his family
were out picking blackberries
while he was here
alone with her
and all he talked of
was the garden
and the view
and how he helped up
at the farm
she looked back
at the cottage
thought of his room
the bed
the glass tank
of shells
and bones
and moss
the model Spitfire
hanging from the ceiling
she wouldn’t mind
the Spitfire
if she were laying there
looking up at it
while Benedict was on her
entering her
and the bed
was creaking
and she saying
(what the girl in class
said she did)
but no
instead she was standing
in his garden
on the edge
while he talked
of seeing
some butterfly
as if she cared
what he saw
except her
on his bed unclothed
sensing him
touching
feeling
gazing at the ceiling
can’t we go in?
she said
get to your bed?
have ***
before your mother
comes back?
Benedict thought he saw
a sparrow hawk
hovering in the bluey sky
beautiful in its skill
ready to dive and ****
I’m dying
to have *** with you
she said bluntly
tugging at his arm
not now
he said
he smelt the farm
over the way
sensed the cool
of county calm.
May 27, 2014
May 27, 2014 at 1:14 AM UTC
Benedict looked over
the edge of the garden
looked down
at the sheer drop
Lizbeth looked over too
standing beside him
quite a drop
she said
are your two little sisters
safe when they stand here ?
she asked
we’re usually with them
or my mum
Benedict said
he looked
at the beautiful view
ahead of him
hills
fields
trees and bushes
birds in the sky
she looked sideways
on at him
his quiff of hair
the open neck shirt
the jeans
the rest of his family
were out picking blackberries
while he was here
alone with her
and all he talked of
was the garden
and the view
and how he helped up
at the farm
she looked back
at the cottage
thought of his room
the bed
the glass tank
of shells
and bones
and moss
the model Spitfire
hanging from the ceiling
she wouldn’t mind
the Spitfire
if she were laying there
looking up at it
while Benedict was on her
entering her
and the bed
was creaking
and she saying
(what the girl in class
said she did)
but no
instead she was standing
in his garden
on the edge
while he talked
of seeing
some butterfly
as if she cared
what he saw
except her
on his bed unclothed
sensing him
touching
feeling
gazing at the ceiling
can’t we go in?
she said
get to your bed?
have ***
before your mother
comes back?
Benedict thought he saw
a sparrow hawk
hovering in the bluey sky
beautiful in its skill
ready to dive and ****
I’m dying
to have *** with you
she said bluntly
tugging at his arm
not now
he said
he smelt the farm
over the way
sensed the cool
of county calm.
BOY AND GIRL IN THE COUNTRYSIDE IN 1961.
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