First Kiss

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First Kiss
Seduced by flame and star I surrendered to my first kiss.
What I thought I knew from hearsay and books became manifest.
Idyllic snowflakes licked and slid down the window’s thigh.
Dinosaur battle scenes were painted on the walls of the hot room.
She sat astride my curiosity in her short pink summer pajamas.
The door was locked, murmurs of sleep in other rooms ignored.
She tickled me and my curiosity grew as the moon peeked in.
No adult darkness or neurotic lens lingered to spoil the taste.
Our lips were God when I was nine and she was eight.