Tanned

The younger one

Darkly tanned

Chewing gum

Mint on her mischievous tongue

Mingling with a taste of tin

On her gums



Each layer removed

Revealed a paler shade of skin

Each subtle shade

Felt like a secret shared



She was my reward

And I was hers.

The summer glazed our skin

But it scorched everything.



Ooohh



Tentative

Her body's outline

Spanish eyes

Captured by amber light

To nullify the alcohol

She kept her jeans on in bed



Her mother let me stay

After the disco made us deaf

'Cause we missed the final Metro

To the flat that she once let



She was my reward

And I was hers

The summer glazed our skin

And it torched everything.



Ooohh



Each layer removed

Revealed a paler shade of skin

Each subtle shade

Felt like a secret shared



She was my reward

And I was hers

The summer glazed our skin

But it scorched everything.



Ooohh