NIMA'S DECISION 1967

A BOY AND GIRL IN HER AUNT'S PLACE ONE WEEKEND IN 1967 IN LONDON

We can go there again?
I said

yes
Nima said
my aunt won't be back
for months
and my cousin is away
at university

so we went
to her aunt's place
as before
and Nima could hardly wait
for us to undress
before she was
on her cousin's bed
and we were away

o so long without
she said
and the nurses
at the hospital
have no idea how much
of a cure this sex is

and afterwards
we lay there
on her cousin's bed
smoking and she said

I have always been jealous
of my cousin
and her fine collection
of dolls and that
lovely doll's house
she had but now
it means f**k all
funny how childhood things
seem so important
at the time
Nima said

I turned and gazed at her
her fine body
the small breasts
which I had recently mouthed
the dimple in her belly
where I kissed lips
and it was still wet

o I think she's
a virgin queen my cousin
can't imagine her allowing
any guy to enter
between her plump thighs
Nima said smiling

how long have you got
release from the hospital?
I said

weekend then back
Monday morning
or else the fuzz
will be looking for me
after all I'm sectioned
what with my state of mind
and the drugs

I smelt her
and wanted to drink her
into my very being
we finished our smokes
and began again
in a different position

well it was
after all
her decision.