when i was 6 there were some woods out the back
of our school, alongside the aberdeen to stonehaven
railway line. its all houses there now.
one playtime in the woods an alsation came up to me,
started shagging my leg, and left a white deposit
on the shin of my trousers.
when i told the student teacher she burst out laughing,
couldn't face me, and hid.
it was years before i realised what had happened that day.