Sexual intercourse,
said the science teacher,
is like a kiss at the other end
multiplied by 10.

So if a kiss is 10
and sex is 100,
what is 10 ÷ 3?

Quick, boy! quick! quick!

— Er, holding an inkstained hand
in the common room?
— Or that lingering caress by proxy:
letting her wear your sweater?

At school, I never bettered
3.3 recurring.

I was hopeless at love.