out of boyhood

mother of all heartbreaks
tall and slender
waterfall of hair red like wine
falling over her pink mouth

redheads always fascinated me
that flame over the pale body
freckled breasts
these unreal women, sirens
and a boy
hidden behind the fence
eating golden pears
looking at them
learning how they look and walk

10 years on
and he tasted that glazed body
sweet body
rolled in pastry and powdered sugar
like a Sunday doughnut

you know
if a woman takes you with her thighs like
that
slides her body under yours
gives your scar a stroke
her eyes so warm
you made it
you’re a grown up man, my boy
you learned how to lie