Girls Just Want To Have Fun - Before the Party

Friday night and here I am caught. I fought yes I did, cried till my eyeballs hurt. Dad said NO. He tossed me down cellar with the rest of the trash -- he said. Oh what he said, “How would he know? Did it show?” I fell. I climbed damn the grime. He took my shoes so I could not run. No coat, no shoes, where could I go? The snow was falling outside. I could hear the dance music from the window high and small. I sat and I listened from the ladders rung. Mice skittered at the edge of the floor-- one light sickly yellow the door locked. I’m scared. Prompt:Girls Just Want to Have Fun Painting: Exploring the Basement