[PUPPY LOVE BLUES]
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DAMN! Thats all I can say as I stand at the bus stop with my mom.
Why in the fuck do I have to go to this place? I hate this shit.
I am 15 years old and all of a sudden these motherfuckers say I might have scoliosis.
Thats some bullshit.
I look around hoping that none of my boys pass by and see me with my mom. I really hope that none of them asks me a question if I do see them.
Cars pass by and the sounds of the radio station that they all seem to play drift on the morning air.
It is early summer and the day has dawned bright and cool.
I hear the birds singing in the trees and I wonder how they can be so damn happy when all I can think about is going to this place where little children run around making so much noise.
Lucky that I smoked one this morning cause I might have just hauled ass and not come home till tonight.
As I stand at the bus stop trying to look like I am not with my mom I notice a woman and a girl walking up to the stop.
I try not to stare...gotta keep my cool cause this is the prettiest girl I have ever seen.
She has on a sundress and it seems to reflect and absorb the light at the same time.
Her skin seems to glow in butterscotch tones of shimmering splendor as the suns light kisses her.
The woman with her and my mom start up a conversation and I just lean there looking at the wino in front of the store as he sweeps the asphalt.
I hear the woman say that this is her niece and she also tells my mom that she is a schoolteacher and she just wanted her niece to spend the summer with her.
I finally work up my nerve and I speak to her and ask her her name.
She says " my name is Leonora" and at that moment that name is the most beautiful thing in the world to me, I have never heard a name that could compare to it.
She tells me that she is from Gainesville Florida and that she is in the going to the tenth and I tell her that I am going to the 11th grade.
We make small talk as I hear my mom say "where is that bus?"
I am hoping that it never comes when i look up and there it is turning the corner...blinking its light to signal a stop.
Being the perfect young man that I am I let the women walk on the bus in front of me and she seemS to hang back so that she can be the last person to board the bus before me and I am treated to the sight of her perfect behind as she pays her fare and walks down the aisle.
She sits with her aunt in one of the seats up front as my mom and her aunt continue to talk and I walk to the back of the bus and take a seat.
Sitting up front aint cool and if someone gets on from one of the rival hoods I want to see them before they see me.
Isee her look back a couple of time before we reach the transfer point and me and my mom get off.
We arrive at the doctors office and the little kids don't seem to bother me as much today, the wait gives me time to reflect and I keep seeing her face in my mind.
"A little boy walks uip to me and he is dragging one foot and for some reason I connect to him and I talk to him till his mom comes to get him.
I find out that he only lives a couple of blocks from my house and I make a note to take my little brother by to play with him. He is a real cool little dude.
When I am called into the room and the doctors begin to prod and poke I dont even mind that.
I make it home from the doctors office and I go to the playground to hang out with all the fellows and I make up a lie about my day. I don't want them to know that there might be something wrong with me. I don't need them feeling sorry towards me or treating me any different.
The next day I get up early in the morning and make my lunch for work and walk up the hill to where the truck comes to pick us up.
Today as we work in the field the sun does not seem to be as hot the older men pick at us.
They always tell us how we still got milk behind our ears and shit. How they can please a girl our age with their little finger. Typical bullshit but sometimes it really gets under our skin.
The day passes quickly even though it is after 6 when we get home.
I go upstairs and take a shower and come downstairs in my boxers since no one else is in the house and I sit on the footstool in front of the stereo and start to make a tape.
I have on my headphones and I dont hear my sister as she opens the door, I just look up and there she is with Leonora.
I jump up and start to raise hell as I dash up the stairs "Man you know you aint supposed to be bringing people in the house without saying something first!"
I hear them giggling as I slam my door and put on some clothes.
DAMN GIRLS!
I turn on the stereo in my room to drown them out and I light a joint and an insense and listen to music for awhile before hunger drives me back downstairs.
I walk down the stairs to the sounds of the T.V. and I think that they are gone but there she is sitting on the rocking chair looking at me.
I ask her where my sister is and she points up the stairs.
She starts to ask me questions and I answer them as I ask her questions as well.
I am amazed to find out that she models for a magazine and that she is a member of the track team as well.
I tell her that I am in the band and she remarks that I look like a football player.
I blush and it seems that I have forgotten that I was hungry when I cane down here.
She tells me that she has to get home to babysit her cousin and I ask her if she wants me to walk her home.
She says yes and I yell up to my sister that we are leaving and she seems to know that this was going to happen.
I am to young to know about the trap.
We walk to the apartment where her aunt lives. It is in the top of the projects and we sit on the front porch as her aunt prepares to leave.
Some of the fellows that I know come up and one of them named Marvin starts talking stupid. I did'nt know that he liked her until this moment and he feels he has something to prove so I get up and square off with him.
Her aunt comes out and calms us down but they go out to the parking lot and I know I am going to have to handle this shit sooner or later.
Her aunt talks me into the house and talks to us before she leaves and gets in the car with her boyfriend.
I tell Leonora to stay in the house and I open the door to leave but she is right beside me.
Marvin sees me and runs up to the porch talking shit and I go dowm and we tangle up as the other fellows stand around and watch us fight. I whup his ass and stand up and all the fellows look at me in dissapointment.
They are so like a pack of dogs to me at this moment. waiting to see who wins so that they can attack.
Yet they were there just to witness this fight and since it is over the disperse.
My streak remains unbroken and I feel Leonoras hands on me as I go back to her porch.
We sit on the porch until the sun sets and we go into the house.
We talk for a long time before I make my move and I put my arms around her shoulders and pull her close before I kiss her and she slips me the toungue.
We make out for awhile before she tells me that her aunt will not be home tonight and that I can get comfortable, so I pull off my shoes as she goes into the kitchen and makes me a plate of food. She tells me that she cooked it and I tell her that I am sure that i've never tasted better food.
After we eat we talk for a while longer before I tell her that I am about to go home.
She looks at me with her big brown eyes and says "why?"
I don't have an answer for that as she takes my hand and leads me into the bedroom.
We go to sleep in each others arms and I get up at about 6 in the morning and go to meet the truck.
All my boys look at me and ask me what happened. I tell them nothing and one of the older guys says "now that right there is a smart man."
All day the older guys treat me like one of them and when I get home Leonora and my sister and mom are talking.
We spend every free moment that we have together that summer before she leaves to go home.
She was my first love.
I will never forget her voice.
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