Childhood Friend - pipTalk Forums

How to Join	Member's Area	Private Library	Search	Sanctuary		Login
Main Forums	Discussion	Tech Talk	Mature Content	Archives	A home without a wall, Our haven without ends, A circle we all call Our Family of Friends!

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

0 posted 2014-02-26 08:32 PM

we were neighbors
in childhood
we played together
under the tall oaks
you hadn’t yet found your breasts
a skinny girl you were
we played games of the times
I would be the soldier off to war
you the bride who yearned
and waited
we kissed from time to time
just friendship it meant
nothing more
you hadn’t yet found your breasts
the year moved us along
her and I
remained friends
sometimes we kissed like before
it was different somehow
it frightened me
I was only twelve
you were older by two
you had finally found your breasts
time sped past us
we went our separate ways
you were hardly ever even thought about
even your name had dimmed
until last night
when I saw and recognized you
as you flashed yourself
up and down the neon lit street
with the rest of the
working girls

©February 26, 2014 / Jerry Pat Bolton

~*~ It's not that the man did not know how to juggle, he just didn't have the balls to do it. ~*~

Richy
Member Elite

since 2003-05-03

Posts 3050

1 posted 2014-02-26 08:37 PM

im hoping you at least got a discount..

kidding of course..

life can take some interesting turns cant it jerry..

a very melancholy piece

enjoyed

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

2 posted 2014-02-26 08:42 PM

Heh.You're right, life is never dull, Richy. Well, it can be but . . . A discount would be nice. Thanks for being here.

~*~ It's not that the man did not know how to juggle, he just didn't have the balls to do it. ~*~

[This message has been edited by JerryPat2 (02-26-2014 11:10 PM).]

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

3 posted 2014-02-27 06:39 AM

Well told Jerry. Apparently she found her breasts passed the test.
Some stories have a sliver of truth to them.yours seem to have more like a telephone pole! Another good one my friend.

Lori

Bluesy Socrateaser
Member Elite

since 2002-11-07

Posts 2417
In The Mirror

4 posted 2014-02-27 07:31 AM

Marrying up to this story was easy for me Jerry. Her name was Gloria.

In the beginning, we're all innocent.

...just bein' Bluesy

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

5 posted 2014-02-27 07:32 AM

Good morning, Lori. The truth of the matter is in the telling. Life in other words is, like the man said, stranger than fiction.

~*~ It's not that the man did not know how to juggle, he just didn't have the balls to do it. ~*~

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

6 posted 2014-02-27 07:33 AM

Thanks for giving her a name, Blue.

~*~ It's not that the man did not know how to juggle, he just didn't have the balls to do it. ~*~

EmmaRose
Senior Member

since 2011-03-02

Posts 1376
Midwest

7 posted 2014-02-27 07:34 AM

Cool poem with a twist for sure at the end
And yea she found em ! Hey just making a living off what her mama gave her, right ?

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

8 posted 2014-02-27 07:46 AM

You got it, Emma, and Fancy was here name. Remember that Bobby Gentry song? Thank you for being here.

~*~ It's not that the man did not know how to juggle, he just didn't have the balls to do it. ~*~

	⇧ top of page ⇧
All times are ET (US). All dates are in Year-Month-Day format.