First Kiss

She is flesh and bone
Bone a breath
Breath and soul

and she is beside me
and I can touch her
And she is real

And we kissed
First in the theater
Then again by the car
An once in my room

I was delirious
         But she didn’t know it
I was inexperienced
         And tried not to blow it
I like being near her
                And know how to show it.

                AcB        2.15.98