We cycled to the park
and sat on the grass
near the duck pond.
Milka looked
over the pond.
That was a close thing,
Benny, she said,
didn't think my mum'd
be back so soon.
I looked at her
sitting there
in her jeans
and white top.
I mused on us
just having had ***
when we heard
the car draw up
outside the farmhouse,
and Milka said:
**** me it's Mum
back already.
She jumped off the bed
and dressed as fast
as she could.
I got off the bed
the other side
and dressed,
listening out for sounds
downstairs.
Did she suspect
do you think?
I said.
Don't think so,
Milka said,
she thinks
you're too good.
I am,
I said.
Milka pulled a face:
I hope she doesn't go
into my room
while we're out,
I didn't get a chance
to tidy up
before we left,
Milka said.
We sat and watched
the ducks for awhile
then got our cycles
and rode to see
the peacocks near
her farmhouse.
I mused on what
her mother would
have said
if she'd found us
at it in Milka's bed,
but I closed
the thoughts down
out of my head.
Jan 21, 2017
Jan 21, 2017 at 11:23 AM UTC
We cycled to the park
and sat on the grass
near the duck pond.
Milka looked
over the pond.
That was a close thing,
Benny, she said,
didn't think my mum'd
be back so soon.
I looked at her
sitting there
in her jeans
and white top.
I mused on us
just having had ***
when we heard
the car draw up
outside the farmhouse,
and Milka said:
**** me it's Mum
back already.
She jumped off the bed
and dressed as fast
as she could.
I got off the bed
the other side
and dressed,
listening out for sounds
downstairs.
Did she suspect
do you think?
I said.
Don't think so,
Milka said,
she thinks
you're too good.
I am,
I said.
Milka pulled a face:
I hope she doesn't go
into my room
while we're out,
I didn't get a chance
to tidy up
before we left,
Milka said.
We sat and watched
the ducks for awhile
then got our cycles
and rode to see
the peacocks near
her farmhouse.
I mused on what
her mother would
have said
if she'd found us
at it in Milka's bed,
but I closed
the thoughts down
out of my head.
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