Fragments and thoughts – Schoolgirl Fantasy
Jun 12th, 2009 | By admin | Category: Fragments and Thoughts, Prose & Poetry, short storiesA girl on the train
in a school uniform
cheeks blushed red
hides in the corner
a Maori boy
is acting cool
she’s looking at him
you can tell she’s keen
maybe tonight
she’ll write about him
in her diary
confess her love
express her dreams.
Maybe by the end of the week
she might talk to him
bump into him
accidentally on purpose on the train
just like she planned to do last week
She’ll be cool
and offhand
just like her dreams
She doesn’t wear the clothes
like other girls
but she’s got something
if only he would notice her-
but she’s hiding in the corner
she thinks he might have
a tender heart
beneath his cool exterior
The boy carries on
acting for his mates
telling jokes
in a maroon jumper
He probably plays football
with those coat hanger shoulders
They hold up his frame
He doesn’t notice her
the shy one in the corner
every day on the train’
she longs to be noticed by him
longs
she chooses the carriage that he is in
to be next to him
hoping
he might notice
But the train just creeks and rattles
passers by jostle
to escape to the platform
it stops at every station
this train full of commuters and punters
on their way to work
dressed in corporate uniforms
lit by flickering fluros
closed in by beeping doors
that say “stand clear please”
“stand clear please”
but she can’t stand clear of him
