The Way We Learned

The Way We Learned

When I was 12 years old

We could not see porn

We did not have the internet

We needed to read Playboy

Through its pages

We learned about women

About what they liked

What they didn’t like

And what their boobies looked like

Our friends stole them from their fathers

Sometimes we snuck into bookstores

And we’d hide between the shelves

Just to look at the centerfolds

But every month there was a new girl

She was always sweet and innocent

And someone we fell in love with

However, that was a lifetime ago

Our need for the girls of Playboy died

But those beauties will never be forgotten

And their centerfolds will never leave our attics