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Unread 02-24-2022, 12:14 PM
F.F. Teague F.F. Teague is offline
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A little work in progress. The number '14' in the title refers to my age at the time. He was not my first crush, but he was the biggest crush of the school years.


Sonnet-14; or, Crush #1

The bus is late again. I stand and shift
from foot to foot, arthritic and alone
among my cliquey classmates, cast adrift
and old before my time. A teenage crone.
I try to travel elsewhere in my mind,
a place without this puberty-and-pain.
I don't succeed. I'm twinging. I can't find
a way to leave myself. It starts to rain
and suddenly my science teacher's face
appears. I gasp and blush. He smiles. I fight.
I shake my head and, limping, start to pace.
My classmates point and laugh. This isn't right.
But once I'm on the bus, I don't resist
the fantasies. Just one stop in, we've kissed.

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