Where Verging Creek is
narrowest and shallowest,
we took off our shoes
and shirts, eager to become
two more local boys kissing.
Kyakuchuu
Author's Notes/Comments:
July, 1971; only nine days had separated our thirteenth birthdays in June. Others of the initiated had enjoyed the privacy of that spot on the banks of Vering Creek. Over half a century later, it is still the same.