Monday, April 4, 2011

High Noon


High Noon

Little boy with chrome plated white handled cap guns
Two holsters black leather steel studded on his hips
Put a roll of caps in each silver six gun ready for high noon

Little girl loved him wore a doeskin outfit with fringe on her arms and legs
An eagle feather in her read head of hair with a pink ribbon to hold it
Bright colored war paint on her face and moccasins on her feet with fringe

Every day in their childhood not yet imprisoned in orderly school classrooms
They played together all day the boy and girl thing didn't get in their way
It wasn't yet time for aspects of anatomy to make a difference in their friendship

Ever so young and innocent they were free to play unencumbered and truly free
Their very active imaginations created their exciting adventures and high noons
He a master of his quick draw six guns she an expert with her rubber tipped arrows

Then one day he stood amazed when he first saw her wearing a very pretty dress
Beneath the cloth two things o so strange though not huge yet surely they were breasts
It was then they drew a heart on the elm tree bark with their initials and the word love

All of this was such a mystery to both of them and they started acting differently
But neither of them were sure about what they should do other than holding hands
One day they saw two older kids kiss and they spit our their gum and their lips met

It seemed to be very sloppy to them and o so wet but they didn't move their lips
That was a new discovery for them several years later sort of a kind of high noon
By then they had feelings that often embarrassed them that they couldn't control

Finally the day of their first prom arrived and they didn't know how to dance together
They wandered around together a proper space apart hold hands all over the gym floor
A grumpy old woman with gray hair made sure that they didn't do anything that was sexual

They studied together at the library and in each others homes every day for many hours
Their parents and teachers had no reason to complain because both of them earned A's
It was being together talking and laughing two happy people enjoying sharing that pleased them

Everything had grown larger height his muscles and her breasts and feelings of true love
They began to think about the meaning of their differences and what they should do with them
Their new truth was that they were tempted to have sex he tall and handsome she so pretty

Their senior year ended and they graduated together earned the highest honors given
Their summer together they learned that their life together wood end very soon so sad
They ran through fields of meadow grass barefoot flew kites in the wind having fun again

Their last weekend together they camped on the beach cooking hot dogs and drinking sodas
They swam in the ocean beneath mellow moonlight o so playful in their birth day suits
They dried each other off held hands and kissed and shared their hopes and dreams

Whatever happened on two moonlit nights four years later the two of them married
Friends forever and still so much to discover through good days and through bad days
The story can not be completed they are still enjoying writing each and every page of it

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