The water
in the bath
is quite hot
and soapy
Elaine's mum
has run it
put in her
own bath stuff
Elaine lays
all stretched out
her feet at
the tap end
the water
soapy hot
caresses
her small *******
she hates them
and loves them
they tell her
she's growing
into a
young woman
her childhood
almost gone
they look like
small piglets
drowning there
she muses
she hates it
when at school
in P.E.
when the girls
point at her
look at those
small *******
they tell her
the boy John
whom she likes
at the school
doesn't look
or seem to
but maybe
he does gaze
secretly
she muses
and that thought
undoes her
he looking
mentally
he touching
each of them
how to get
such a thought
out of mind?
she sits up
in the bath
she'll ask him
if he does
when at school
the next day
but she won't
she knows it
but she'll watch
as he talks
of bird's eggs
or new seen
butterflies
where he looks
with his eyes
what beneath
her white blouse
and small bra
bunched up lies.
Nov 29, 2014
Nov 29, 2014 at 1:31 AM UTC
The water
in the bath
is quite hot
and soapy
Elaine's mum
has run it
put in her
own bath stuff
Elaine lays
all stretched out
her feet at
the tap end
the water
soapy hot
caresses
her small *******
she hates them
and loves them
they tell her
she's growing
into a
young woman
her childhood
almost gone
they look like
small piglets
drowning there
she muses
she hates it
when at school
in P.E.
when the girls
point at her
look at those
small *******
they tell her
the boy John
whom she likes
at the school
doesn't look
or seem to
but maybe
he does gaze
secretly
she muses
and that thought
undoes her
he looking
mentally
he touching
each of them
how to get
such a thought
out of mind?
she sits up
in the bath
she'll ask him
if he does
when at school
the next day
but she won't
she knows it
but she'll watch
as he talks
of bird's eggs
or new seen
butterflies
where he looks
with his eyes
what beneath
her white blouse
and small bra
bunched up lies.
A GIRL MUSES ON HER UNFOLDING WOMANHOOD IN 1962.
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