Write About Skinny-Dipping

“In the old days it was never a make-fuss, that nude swimming. But then there was this egalitarian social way, and the men made a pitch to the girls and tried to be tolerant, but I ain’t going away.

“It was a free curling rush, that first jump in the lake, or my neighbor, Benjamin, had a pool. And the girls didn’t play with the boys, unless you were young, and then we all went our private ways, grabbing a girl that you might want to share an intimate secret with. That was a thrill, and it still is.

“It’s different now – it means something. It was a bunch of us, splashing around, gay as could be, edenic. Or you snuck out with a girl in the middle of the night and took your clothes off and jumped in, and let it all take place.”