A Late Sixties Prom

prom time stars bright pumped teens’ big night tux and formal far from normal moms snap photos dads smile pride shows limo’s spacious driver’s gracious buffet’s tasty eating’s hasty claim that dance floor do these— and more: hully gully loco- motion~~ punch, sweet potion twist and pony “Mony Mony”! good times must end homeward, all wend dances—hully-gully, loco-motion, twist, pony “Mony Mony” hit song by Tommy James and the Shondells (’68) July 12, 2022 written for "A Brian Strand Premiere Poetry Contest" Placed 7th