Teacher by Ian Seed

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.