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Elaine sat in class. She'd seen John on the bus, but he had not looked over at her, but gazed out the window, sitting beside the boy Trevor. She looked back and he was sitting at back of class with a boy called Rowland, he looking at some book the boy was showing him. Once the pupils were all there Miss G took the register calling out the names. Elaine wished John was beside her at her desk; wished he was talking to her not the Rowland boy. She sat uneasy, her body plumpish, her glasses smeary needing cleaning. Miss G talked about music; about Mozart; about his piano works and put on a LP and the pupils sat arms folded or hands over faces listening -or not- to the unfolding Mozart music piece. Her sister talked of boys over breakfast; what so and so had done and where and their mother had said NOT AT THE BREAKFAST TABLE loudly but did boys really sniff after girls as her sister had said? Elaine never heard John sniff her. He had kissed her that day, but not sniffed-thank God- and she looked at Miss G as the music played away.
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Jun 25, 2015
Jun 25, 2015 at 2:59 AM UTC
MOZART AND JOHN 1962
Elaine sat in class. She'd seen John on the bus, but he had not looked over at her, but gazed out the window, sitting beside the boy Trevor. She looked back and he was sitting at back of class with a boy called Rowland, he looking at some book the boy was showing him. Once the pupils were all there Miss G took the register calling out the names. Elaine wished John was beside her at her desk; wished he was talking to her not the Rowland boy. She sat uneasy, her body plumpish, her glasses smeary needing cleaning. Miss G talked about music; about Mozart; about his piano works and put on a LP and the pupils sat arms folded or hands over faces listening -or not- to the unfolding Mozart music piece. Her sister talked of boys over breakfast; what so and so had done and where and their mother had said NOT AT THE BREAKFAST TABLE loudly but did boys really sniff after girls as her sister had said? Elaine never heard John sniff her. He had kissed her that day, but not sniffed-thank God- and she looked at Miss G as the music played away.
A GIRL AND HER THOUGHTS ON  A BOY IN CLASS IN 1962
#girl#boy#kids#school#1962#mozart
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Jun 25, 2015
Jun 25, 2015 at 2:59 AM UTC
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