Between the work and vain ideals
there was a little envy too.
Those guys who seemed to know no fear
of girls: I envied what they knew,
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(again, continued) I think she is enjoying her longest and latest marriage out of 7 marriages. i'm in my 4th marriage, also my longest. AND i, too, was a fairly shy-around-girls (call it respectful?) , never having a 'real girlfriend' till i'd been married once (married at 29) . to MyPoemList bri :)
(cont.) I TOO know a " girl" (now 71 years old like myself) who [more or less]: " I think of fondly from the past, that certain girl who kissed me first, and held me tight, and took my hand, still holds a place where flames still burn."
" snog informal•British kiss and caress amorously." i learned to follow a sentence from 1 stanza to another here. " adroitly in a clever or skillful way" i 'had to' check the definition for myself. up to snuff: " 1 informal meeting the required standard. in good health. " he hadn't felt up to snuff all summer" 2. informal•archaic not easily deceived; knowing.
Bri - many thanks for reading my scribble so closely. You're very kind. Yes, our lives take us along unexpected paths. I wonder, did we ever think, during our teenage years, that someday we'd be looking back on such complex and entangled adventures... It hardly matters now, I suppose, especially if we can look back and say that on balance there was more of happiness and thrill than of the opposite... Take care.