Lucky Strike 1962 Poem by Terry Collett

And it was just a lucky moment
the room empty

the kids off
in the playground
the teachers off
to their meal break
and maybe have cigarette
and chat
with other doomed teachers

and Yehudit said
let's go in Benny
and have a smooch

and so we did
and shut the door
and listened for a moment
in case a prefect came along
and found us

then she said
seems ok

so she kissed me
and hugged me

and I felt her
in my arms
her body against mine
her lips on mine

and we closed eyes
and held and kissed
and I thought of her there
her pulsing body
next to mine
fully clothed
(worse luck)

her green uniform
and white blouse
and the tie undone
and I with my
school jacket open
and tie loose

and she said
got lucky here

and I said
blessed
and felt her waist
one hand touching
her behind

my lip kissing her lips
and cheek and head
and God it seemed forever

and then a sound
the door opened
and some drip of a prefect
said
what you doing?

biology lesson
I said
needs homework

what? he said
get out of there
it's out of bounds
for pupils
in non school times

so we walked out
him eyeing us angrily
and we walked on
down the passageway
of the school
hand holding
still wanting
to kiss and hug still.