Yehudit can't get
Benny out of her mind
even over dinner
when her mother
is griping off
about things
about the untidy room
and about chores
left undone
she still had Benny
on her mind eating away
thinking of him
of where she'd
like him to touch
and where and when
and even when
her mother asks
about school and things
she has Benny in mind
all the time
his eyes
his quiff of hair
and that afternoon
by the pond
when they lay there
watching the water's skin
the ducks
the fish beneath the skin
and he kissed her
and she wanted him
to do more
but well
she can't get him
out of her mind
and as she undresses
for bed
she thinks of him
pretending he's there
watching
waiting
and even when
her sister yaps
on about this
and that
about the feeding
of the rabbits
of the bird
catching cat
she thinks of Benny
and his kisses
and o God
what a feeling
o what a heat
and sits
on her bed
staring at
the touching he made
of her feet.
Oct 4, 2015
Oct 4, 2015 at 3:39 AM UTC
Yehudit can't get
Benny out of her mind
even over dinner
when her mother
is griping off
about things
about the untidy room
and about chores
left undone
she still had Benny
on her mind eating away
thinking of him
of where she'd
like him to touch
and where and when
and even when
her mother asks
about school and things
she has Benny in mind
all the time
his eyes
his quiff of hair
and that afternoon
by the pond
when they lay there
watching the water's skin
the ducks
the fish beneath the skin
and he kissed her
and she wanted him
to do more
but well
she can't get him
out of her mind
and as she undresses
for bed
she thinks of him
pretending he's there
watching
waiting
and even when
her sister yaps
on about this
and that
about the feeding
of the rabbits
of the bird
catching cat
she thinks of Benny
and his kisses
and o God
what a feeling
o what a heat
and sits
on her bed
staring at
the touching he made
of her feet.
A GIRL IN 1962 AND THE BOY SHE LOVES AT HIGH SCHOOL.
