first kiss

it wasn't momentous

several of us had gathered
at our twin friends' place
above a vfw hall
with the plan
to pile into a vw bus
for a night
of christmas carols

anna held mistletoe
above her head
and beckoned me
and i obeyed
obliged

i think i was sixteen
she would have been fifteen
i suspect now
what i didn't consider then
that this was not her
first kiss

maria
her best friend
my one-time crush
stood by
and i wonder
still
all these years later
if it all was
just
for
a
laugh

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