my first kiss

my first kiss
Grade 8 movie theater
she was in grade seven.

i remember obsessing.
spontaneously leaning over,

the sloppy lash lasted seconds

years later a friend told me
she wanted her first kiss back.

montreal,
we're still friends now.
a theatre no longer existed,
turned parkinglot, part town hall.

I sit at work, drunk on lunch
pulling old carpets down