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My first playground kiss
under blossoming boughs …
Oh how I still wonder
what she’s doing now

A mint Trebor kiss
strong and soft on my cheek
Oh I was her favourite
at school for one week

A half-hearted smile
or a ruffle of hair
was all I could hope for
once she didn’t care

She’d new favourites now
who she gave all her mints
with who she played hopscotch
who won her best winks

My first playground kiss
under blossoming boughs …
Oh how I still wonder
what she’s doing now

My old dinner lady
who once kissed my cheek
Oh I was her favourite
at school for one week

©2022 Mark Bird