Years later I come across
the woman I lost
my virginity to. She asks me
to lift up her dress
there and then,
to go down on her
on the grass verge
of the busy road,
the one I used to walk down
when I missed the school bus
which seemed to happen
more and more often
the more she wanted
me to do it.
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Ian Seed’s latest collections are The Underground Cabaret (Shearsman, 2020) and
Operations of Water (Knives, Forks and Spoons Press). I Remember was published by Red Ceilings in May 2021.