Friday, April 25, 2025

Forbidden fruit Feb. 26, 2015

 


I’m always in awe when I reach this point where the curve of them reaches the peak and I must squeeze the juice out of them, my palms around each, my mouth watering for the taste of this forbidden fruit, they always the greatest mystery to me, even young, the swell of them visible between the second and third buttons of my teacher’s blouse in high school conveniently left undone and I, holding my science book in front of my zipper like a shield. I still get like that, seating in the seat next hers even though she keeps her blouse locked tight, forcing me to imagine what that locked box contains, and how each might feel, taste or smell like, her perfume lingering in the air between us, even enticing, and I think of what I might do if allowed. Can I undo the buttons? Can I reach in? Can I take a bite of each, juice dripping down my chin, always hungry.


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