Trying not to think about sex
\nwhen you are fifteen and
\nsitting in church<\/p>\n
is like trying to hide
\nfrom a spot light
\nat centre stage.<\/p>\n
I saw naked female body parts
\nin the oak grain
\nof the pews,<\/p>\n
and across the aisle or ahead
\nbra straps and other swellings
\nthrough very chaste blouses.<\/p>\n
It was like a conspiracy to keep
\nme vibrating and it was
\nhard to ignore<\/p>\n
in spite of the obvious
\nconsequences of such
\ninappropriate thoughts<\/p>\n
and I couldn’t even spell
\ninappropriate\u2014is that a hint of
\nnipple on that statue of Mary?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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