Ghosts Competition Entry : Tender years

he walked the streets of his tender years
encountered a bar he had snogged in
couldn't remember the girl, just the act
and smiled at the recollection

a park bench in victoria park where he had
seen his first bra
(other than his aunty's when he walked in on her)
it had been a brief sight
before she had decided that he wouldn't be seeing anything else
the girl that is, not his aunty
(he hadn't waited around to see what his aunty had decided)

the 207 bus which carried him into town
and the date where he played table tennis
and lost

the canal where he would meet with one
and find a secluded field nearby

the car park where he had encountered one
and rolled around on the harsh ground

the backstreet bedsit where he had finally got laid
now converted into an expensive pied de terre
(he preferred it as a bedsit)

as he left his home town he left behind

those ghosts