I should watch her
Jupp said
watch who?
I said
the girl who you
were talking to
this morning
by the school fence
he said
she's a tease
is she?
I said
knowing whom he meant
but not saying
yes she offers it
but then shuts you
out like a clam
he said
staring at me
she just came up to me
I said
and started talking
what's she talk about then?
he said
about birds and butterflies
and how she'd like
to work on a farm
I said
he studied me carefully
are you having me on?
if she did then
she's changed her tune
normally she's on
about *** and doing things
he said
do you know her then?
I said
he looked away
and stared at the girl's
playground to see
if she was looking our way
but she wasn't
because I had already
looked to see
if she was around
I've heard rumours
he said
from others who
she tried things on with
but she's only 13
I said
surely she wouldn't
do such things?
he shrugged his shoulders
just saying what I heard
he said
I won't go near her then
I said smiling
best not to
he said smiling too
and we walked on
by the fence
he talking about
being a cowman
when he left school
I thought of Lizbeth
and that morning
and how she cornered me
by the fence
and asked me
if I thought of her
and she not knowing then
how many of the other
boys did
and that time
she took me to her room
while her mother was out
and tried to get me
to do things which I didn't
which I didn't think right
but then thought of her
most of the next night.
Feb 14, 2016
Feb 14, 2016 at 1:14 AM UTC
I should watch her
Jupp said
watch who?
I said
the girl who you
were talking to
this morning
by the school fence
he said
she's a tease
is she?
I said
knowing whom he meant
but not saying
yes she offers it
but then shuts you
out like a clam
he said
staring at me
she just came up to me
I said
and started talking
what's she talk about then?
he said
about birds and butterflies
and how she'd like
to work on a farm
I said
he studied me carefully
are you having me on?
if she did then
she's changed her tune
normally she's on
about *** and doing things
he said
do you know her then?
I said
he looked away
and stared at the girl's
playground to see
if she was looking our way
but she wasn't
because I had already
looked to see
if she was around
I've heard rumours
he said
from others who
she tried things on with
but she's only 13
I said
surely she wouldn't
do such things?
he shrugged his shoulders
just saying what I heard
he said
I won't go near her then
I said smiling
best not to
he said smiling too
and we walked on
by the fence
he talking about
being a cowman
when he left school
I thought of Lizbeth
and that morning
and how she cornered me
by the fence
and asked me
if I thought of her
and she not knowing then
how many of the other
boys did
and that time
she took me to her room
while her mother was out
and tried to get me
to do things which I didn't
which I didn't think right
but then thought of her
most of the next night.
TWO SCHOOLBOYS IN THE PLAYGROUND IN 1961 AND A SCHOOL GIRL ISSUE.
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