The boys I love

The boys I love look like angels in
Coke-bottle glasses and invite every child in the class
to their birthday party in the middle of summer

The boys I love suggest playing “Hide and Hug”
to a group of kids they just met, explaining
right before someone finds you, you pop out and hug them

The boys I love, when a friend offers a magic spell
to turn them into a girl, want to know, breathless,
Will it really work?