Before the cross uncross shot

        made famous by Sharon Stone
        three of us,
        desks turned to face the rows
        of a freshman science class,
        and we counted the teacher as four,
        there was no one who could have missed
        the daily criss crossing of the blond,
        blue-eyed girl in the first row.

        It was innocent,
        at first,
        white cotten panty,
        flowers,
        an occasional green glimpse,
        but one day,
        she criss crossed,
        and it was there,
        shaved bare.

        Four faces, eyes focused,
        unbelieving,
        like the men in the film,
        when the Sharon Stone clip, 
        32 years later hit the big screen.
        It was reported that Sharon Stone
        was the only one in the room
        for her shoot.

        It was a fact that four of us
        counting our teacher, too.
        did not skip class that year.