Middle School Trophy

A sixth-grader dating
Is hardly anything new;
I did it on lots of occasions
In 2002.

I'd take a fellow student,
A girl who was smart or pretty,
To the
Brooklyn Museum
Or to the
looming city.

Just where depended on
Her interest and inclination,
Whatever turned her on
And grew to fascination.

I'd feed her Coke and pizza
While I chugged down a beer
And hoped her folks would never
Happen to appear–

A
girl who's in the sixth grade
Invariably is a tween
While I was a sixth-grade vet
Who happened to be seventeen.