Pleasure Isn’t Simple

The boys swore despite chaperones
I danced cheek to cheek
Sneak out intermission
Drink gin or corn liquor with coke

Neck my breast pressed heavy against her chest
Harry was an ice cream
With the boys who muttered in small clusters to or tap dance
We'd meet then go swimming

I'd sit under my Sun umbrella
Climb the high dive, show off some new steps or imitate those I'd seen
I gave a damned good show
We'd wait long after

Let the surface bend our second
I have the Judge's reputation to protect me
He was never a cowboy only
My mother was 40 when I was born
She missed me 'til I was 40