She waited for me
by the water tower
her bike by the hedge
her hands on her hips
her dark hair
hanging loose
untied by ribbons
or bow
I’d finished
my schoolboy work
at the farm
weighting milk
and cleaning out
the cow sheds
been waiting
she said
had to finish my work
I said
you said 1pm
and it's 1.20pm now
she looked at me
with an unhappy face
can't be helped
I said
where we going?
she said
are your parents home?
well my mother is
my father's at work
in the woods
a few miles away
where can we go then?
she said moodily
there's an empty cottage
down the lane
back there
I said
can we get inside?
no it's locked
but there's a shed
she sighed
maybe spiders or such
she said
maybe there are
maybe mice too
yuk don't like them
where to go then?
I said
she got her bike
and we walked towards
the cottage where I lived
must be some place
we can go
she said
I knew what she was after
and I didn't want to
at least not yet
what about the woods?
she asked
must be a quiet spot there
I guess so
I replied
so we walked up the drive
a muddy drive with trees
on either side and bushes
wasn't there a hollow tree
up here somewhere?
she said
that one we went to
a few months back?
I looked ahead
I remembered the last time
I took her there
she started to undress
and I told her it might be
unwise in case
some one came along
she wasn't happy that time
I knew she wanted
to have ***
but what if some one
came along?
I said
she had been moody
for hours afterwards
it's up on the left
I said
can we go there?
what for?
you know
we could have ***
I sighed
is that all
you think about?
when I'm with you
she said
what about nature
the trees
birds
butterflies?
what about them?
just because that other girl
you see is a dull cow
doesn't mean I have to be
she's not dull
she's full of knowledge
about nature
and wild life
O big deal
Lizbeth said
I stopped on the drive
looked back
from where we had come from
well where now?
where's the hollow tree?
up further
on the left
I said
so she walked on
and I followed
studying her swaying hips
and black dress
black stockings
and shoes muddied
by the muddy drive
the hollow tree came up
on our left
and she ran up to it
and went inside
I followed her
determined not to
no matter how much
she moaned and tried.
Sep 23, 2014
Sep 23, 2014 at 6:43 AM UTC
She waited for me
by the water tower
her bike by the hedge
her hands on her hips
her dark hair
hanging loose
untied by ribbons
or bow
I’d finished
my schoolboy work
at the farm
weighting milk
and cleaning out
the cow sheds
been waiting
she said
had to finish my work
I said
you said 1pm
and it's 1.20pm now
she looked at me
with an unhappy face
can't be helped
I said
where we going?
she said
are your parents home?
well my mother is
my father's at work
in the woods
a few miles away
where can we go then?
she said moodily
there's an empty cottage
down the lane
back there
I said
can we get inside?
no it's locked
but there's a shed
she sighed
maybe spiders or such
she said
maybe there are
maybe mice too
yuk don't like them
where to go then?
I said
she got her bike
and we walked towards
the cottage where I lived
must be some place
we can go
she said
I knew what she was after
and I didn't want to
at least not yet
what about the woods?
she asked
must be a quiet spot there
I guess so
I replied
so we walked up the drive
a muddy drive with trees
on either side and bushes
wasn't there a hollow tree
up here somewhere?
she said
that one we went to
a few months back?
I looked ahead
I remembered the last time
I took her there
she started to undress
and I told her it might be
unwise in case
some one came along
she wasn't happy that time
I knew she wanted
to have ***
but what if some one
came along?
I said
she had been moody
for hours afterwards
it's up on the left
I said
can we go there?
what for?
you know
we could have ***
I sighed
is that all
you think about?
when I'm with you
she said
what about nature
the trees
birds
butterflies?
what about them?
just because that other girl
you see is a dull cow
doesn't mean I have to be
she's not dull
she's full of knowledge
about nature
and wild life
O big deal
Lizbeth said
I stopped on the drive
looked back
from where we had come from
well where now?
where's the hollow tree?
up further
on the left
I said
so she walked on
and I followed
studying her swaying hips
and black dress
black stockings
and shoes muddied
by the muddy drive
the hollow tree came up
on our left
and she ran up to it
and went inside
I followed her
determined not to
no matter how much
she moaned and tried.
A BOY AND GIRL IN THE COUNTRYSIDE IN 1961
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