Taboo
Among the clutter ‘neath my bed
I stashed a Playboy, filled with dread
Its dog-eared pages Mom would find
And holler, loud, how I’d go blind,
So home I’d race right after school,
Praying fate had not been cruel—
I flew like Hades to my room
And, on my knees, found I’d missed doom
For, up, she peered, her grin for me,
Chic Miss March of Seven-and-Three:
Green, doting eyes and chestnut hair,
Plus Playmate parts all pictured bare;
With baseball cards she spent each day
Then, late at night, emerged to play
And entertain with sights taboo
Until, with her, blasé I grew
And, thus, resorted to the mall,
All sweaty, antsy, but with gall
To purchase from a quaint bookstore
Stacked Miss May of Seventy-Four.
Copyright © David Bose | Year Posted 2016
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