Marking Time part #2

his grandmother had passed
he inherited the house
three floors and a *ghost
not quite quiet as a mouse.

he rented a couple of rooms out
two good friends in school
Terry and Charlie by name
neither of them fools

she was an enigma
or so he said,
this he learned from
long conversations in bed.

his book referral was "Lolita"
he felt a kinship to Humbert's plight,
an emotional roller coaster
when she was not in his sight.

poetry for him was Rod Mc Kuen
where for her, none could replace E.A. Poe
what she wrote was beyond him
dealing with emotions deeply flow.

on an invite from his mother
to Pensacola Florida he went,
single and happy for a week or two
his days felt heaven sent.

Terry phoned him asking
"if you don't mind I'll date
this girl, she is really deep and cool!"
so ended the question and debate!

an English Lit. major, Terry was
spending his free time with the miss
discussing books and poems, (even hers)
both in a state of exquisite bliss

he, never noticing her youth
she was a stimulant to him
arousing his passion for life
she animated his vigor and vim.

Jerry stewed over this girl possibly
slipping his grip, sliding away,
he phoned the girls mother, pleading his case
"send her to me, this very day!"

"why should I do this sudden thing?"
mom asked, she not wanting to deal
with the her least favorite daughter,
"marry her, I will, hear me this offer is real"

before the lass could even blink
she was packed up and airline sent,
to he who anxiously awaited
his first love, to him she went.

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