He was shy, or afraid, or both,
when the music played
that first night
But not really any more than when he asked me
No, not in person, but on the phone...
“Will you, would you, could you go with me
to, a, a, that, a, dance on Friday night?"
"My mom will drop us off, but
my brother will pick us up.
It will be fun.”

And you know, it was
In a 6th grade sort of way



Sometimes, I wish guys were still like this. OK, not really... but.