What'd think
she said
we could go back
to my place
and if the parents are out
we could get down
to some *** stuff.
I doubted it
her old man
was like a Mafia boss
kind of guy
who spoke broken English
from his Polish tongue
and her mother eyed me
as if I'd spat
on her mat.
What are the chances
they'll be out?
I said.
She looked at me:
sort of good chance
she said.
We'd been to the flicks
and seen a war film
about General Patton
which I saw
intermittently
between kisses
and her fiddling
with my buttons.
How good a chance?
I asked.
Let's go see
she said.
So we did.
Her old man
opened the door.
Why you late?
He said.
Film was longer
than I thought
she said.
He gazed at me
his dark eyes
almost touching.
You go now
he said to me
and you go in
he said to her.
He closed the door
and I walked
down the drive
moonlight above me
glad to be alive.
May 30, 2018
May 30, 2018 at 3:18 PM UTC
What'd think
she said
we could go back
to my place
and if the parents are out
we could get down
to some *** stuff.
I doubted it
her old man
was like a Mafia boss
kind of guy
who spoke broken English
from his Polish tongue
and her mother eyed me
as if I'd spat
on her mat.
What are the chances
they'll be out?
I said.
She looked at me:
sort of good chance
she said.
We'd been to the flicks
and seen a war film
about General Patton
which I saw
intermittently
between kisses
and her fiddling
with my buttons.
How good a chance?
I asked.
Let's go see
she said.
So we did.
Her old man
opened the door.
Why you late?
He said.
Film was longer
than I thought
she said.
He gazed at me
his dark eyes
almost touching.
You go now
he said to me
and you go in
he said to her.
He closed the door
and I walked
down the drive
moonlight above me
glad to be alive.
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