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Terry Collett
Poems
May 2015
NO PRETENDED RIDE 1961.
Lizbeth lies
on her bed
after returning
from seeing Benny
in the small hamlet
outside town
she lies and fumes
and muses on the day
Benny talking
of birds of prey
and all she wanted
was for him
to have her
although she knew
it'd be a waste
of effort
but she thought maybe
he might weaken
if she tried enoughΒ Β
and wore her
shortest skirt and such
but no
all talk of birds
and butterflies
and his
****** queen
from school
on his mind
as they walked
no doubt
worth an effort
she muses
maybe one day
he may
downstairs her mother
plays the radio
some classical stuff
her mother's
croaking voice
attempting
a Schubert song
the bed is soft
the pillow holds
her head
she pretends
Benny's there
closes her eyes
imagines its his fingers
touching her now
not hers
his fingers
lifting the skirt
his finger and thumb
lowering
her underwear
the Schubert song
is done
her mother's croak
is silent
some other
composer's music
fills the air
up from the stair
she wants it to be him
not her
his fingers not hers
its not the same
despite the pretence
her fingers stop
and lay by her side
and she opens
her eyes
with no
pretended ride.
A GIRL AND HER FRUSTRATING DAY IN 1961.
Written by
Terry Collett
Sussex, England
(Sussex, England)
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