There!

Comes that moment

in a little girl’s life,

(Yes, different for some,

the same for others)

when a little boy looses his Coodies,

stops being that –

Thing-

who lives two houses down the street

and who ALL THE OTHER GIRLS HATE!!!!!!

To become…

.HMMMM?

a possible date!

“Why didn’t I see how cute he could be???

Maybe,

with some hints in the lunch room

and some Recess looks,

I can get him to think

of how cool it would be to carry my books

all the way home on the long walk from school?”

And just like that!

Her whole world starts spinning

in the opposite direction!

The Universe,

suddenly,

offers affection

and that lovely, awkward moment

of the inevitable first kiss,

after a hand-in-hand-ice-cream-melting-stroll-home

from the corner Dairy Queen….

Now!!

“If only that sweet, aggravating boy could just see

all the happy possibilities!

My God!

Sometimes Jeffery can be so SLOW!

GEEZE!

PLEASE!!!

And their new, spinning world

begins to wobble a bit.

As it will, for the rest of their lives….