A World of Boys and Girls

Not much can shock a little mind

that only thinks of romp and play,

as when it first begins to find

that girls play a different way.

When Warren asked the neighbor gals

to join his nightly search for toads,

poor Warren felt he’d lost his pals

when Kate and friends all chorused, “NO!”

As Johnny wrestled Sharon down

(a game he knew she loved, at first,)

and Sharon donned a tearful frown,

it altered Johnny’s universe.

Todd’s lunchroom burp that always found

a faithful laugh from every friend,

now met with “ew’s” from dainty mouths --

the trusty burp had met its end.

But when in high school Warren asked

if Kait would pin his boutonniere,

and Johnny tossed a touchdown pass

while Sharon led the girls’ cheer,

the world was right ‘tween boy and lass --

it all made sense, the air was cleared.

But Todd, poor lad, is still confused

at how a burp’s considered rude…

and to be honest, I am too.

L.R. Harvey Poetry