We were undressing

near boys we did not know...

Boys who were classmates;

not boys in the know...

We tried to pretend that it

wasn't erotic...

We tried to be friends &

not to be honest...

We tried & failed

as our minds were asailed -

as we faced one another

with pricks turned to iron.

That moment of hard boys -

Erased by that dread noise -

We had to get ready

& run for the siren.