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I'm wrong-footed by the expectations I found

on the ground, for the set roles that male and female

should be, as they play their parts within scripted

ritual for the Anglo-Saxon courtship dance.

My chances of now getting it right are slim,

as I trim my behaviour to suit the new school's

rules; I'd be well-advised (it might be said)

to accredit you with a teacher's function to fill.

I'm ill-fitted for passive relationship -

stripped (as indeed it would mean) of the macho image

I timorously tried for size; and I squirm internally

in earning the mockery of those who hold me in default.

     I'll hate it if a girl must hold my hand,

     whilst leading to explore the Promised Land.