Coin

He saw her in the coat room
when he chaperoned her prom,
and being her teacher,
he looked on her as a father would;
with pride he said, “Why, Charlotte,
you look stunning.”
She grinned back,
and joined her date who stood outside the room.

She saw him in the coat room
when he chaperoned her prom,
and being his student,
she almost didn’t go in with him there alone;
he said, “Why, Charlotte,
you look stunning.”
She awkwardly smiled,
and joined her date who stood outside the room.