Shoshana
is already
on the bus
before me
I notice
a few seats
behind me
I sit next
to Goldfinch
he's talking
on football
and brings out
football card
shows me them
but my thought
are on her
Shoshana
sitting there
a few seats
behind me
wondering
where about
she gets off
the school bus
each time it
stops I watch
to see who
it is that
gets off but
it's not her
I picture
in my mind
(ignoring
young Goldfinch)
Shoshana
trying to
hold her there
putting in
each aspect
of her that
I recall
then Goldfinch
stands up and
leaves the bus
then she sits
beside me
must see you
before I leave
she tells me
my stop's next
she blushing
but she talks
I don't get
a word in
just watch her
her dark hair
and her eyes
lips moving
her school tie
loosened up
I don't live
far from you
she tells me
we can meet
sure I say
then she's up
down the aisle
off the bus
and the space
beside me
radiates
where she was
a slight whiff
of perfume
(hers I think
not Goldfinch
I presume).
Jul 22, 2015
Jul 22, 2015 at 3:36 AM UTC
Shoshana
is already
on the bus
before me
I notice
a few seats
behind me
I sit next
to Goldfinch
he's talking
on football
and brings out
football card
shows me them
but my thought
are on her
Shoshana
sitting there
a few seats
behind me
wondering
where about
she gets off
the school bus
each time it
stops I watch
to see who
it is that
gets off but
it's not her
I picture
in my mind
(ignoring
young Goldfinch)
Shoshana
trying to
hold her there
putting in
each aspect
of her that
I recall
then Goldfinch
stands up and
leaves the bus
then she sits
beside me
must see you
before I leave
she tells me
my stop's next
she blushing
but she talks
I don't get
a word in
just watch her
her dark hair
and her eyes
lips moving
her school tie
loosened up
I don't live
far from you
she tells me
we can meet
sure I say
then she's up
down the aisle
off the bus
and the space
beside me
radiates
where she was
a slight whiff
of perfume
(hers I think
not Goldfinch
I presume).
A BOY AND GIRL AND PERFUME IN 1962
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