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Working long hours
bagging groceries
in collinsville
in the summer of
the mid seventies
at the age of sixteen
plump girl comes down
often then asks for a
friday night date
melvin had an old car
he had fixed up nice
picks up girl around dark
and asks her
what she wants to do
drive this way she says
they park on a dead
end gravel road
melvin says nothings
out here
she says my point exactly
she gets in the back seat and
lays down
melvin has a white knuckled
grip on the steering wheel
and a dry mouth
are you coming back here
i'm not going to start this
she tells him
yeah just give me a minute
fifteen minutes later
are you coming back here
melvin
yeah just give me a minute
two hours later he's
taking her home
friday rolls around
again and he asks her
to go out
this time he's ready
she explains she has to
babysit
he goes to the football game
alone and finds her
curled up in the arms of
an older guy
babysittin' melvin says
to her
she explains to him
if you won't touch me
i'll find somebody who
will