185.365 - first listen

he shivered in the dark
and not from cold
when he had asked her out
he did it from despair
if not her, whom?
but then they’d talked
and talked and talked
as it turned out
he hadn’t known girls
were interesting
I mean, their shapes
their forbidden parts
the way they stood
but he had never talked to one
or listened before tonight
why had no one told him?
did other boys know?
or had she let him in on a secret?
was he supposed to keep it?
maybe he could ask his mother?
would that get her in trouble?
he decided maybe it would be safer
for both of them
if he kept it to himself
but talked to her and listened
whenever she would let him
he shivered in the dark
and not from cold