Gossip
French kissing was becoming the fashion
when we spent our afternoons learning
about poker and giggling about sex.
Years later, some of the girls got pregnant,
dropped out of school suddenly
while we all pretended not to know.
Written 29 January 2000 in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Brian Fuchs, “Gossip” from Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Scissortail Press, 2020)
