Another Time
We called her
Cowboy Urban. All the girls in the gym class giggling behind
her back.
Cowboy Urban was very very bow-legged. In her navy blue
bloomers and white sailor blouse, she looked like she had just
gotten off a horse. Her hair was done up in a bun and she wore
thick eyeglasses.
It was of a time when we did not want to go to gym to do
somersaults on the mats and climb the ropes It was also when
you did not have to go if you had your period.
Forest Park Junior High was just across the street from a
beautiful park and the girls who were excused would gather for
fun and games there. However, to make sure we did not take
advantage, Cowboy kept a log of our ‘time’. The book on her
knees as we waited to be checked off.
Tanned legs
Cycling down the road
those short shorts!
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