High School Dance Dwm

I am a teenaged girl in
The year 1988
I'm so full of excitement
To be going on this date

As I get myself ready
I really must say,
It really can't be good
To use this much hair spray.

Big hair and bright colors
Is the style today
A shirt off the shoulder
Or jeans that are frayed.

My date has arrived
flowers are on my wrist
I take one more look
To make sure nothing has been missed

The gyms filled with streamers
balloons floating in the air.
We see our friends 
andmake our way over there

They played the best music 
Bands I like to listen to
Madonna, Van Halen,
The Cure and U2

We danced all night
And had such a blast
Dancing and laughing
I wished it all would last.

Some time from now
I will think of this date
When I went to the dance
As a teen in '88.

3/12/2020
 Kim Rodrigues’ DWM Contest
Copyright © | Year Posted 2020


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Date: 4/8/2020 3:45:00 PM
Congratulations Mary. This is so well written and expresses the time of your youth. Mine was a lit earlier~ and times were so if fervent. I am glad we both won in this contest. KUDO's, Mary... Panagiota xx
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Date: 4/7/2020 10:11:00 PM
Big hair, bright colors, gym filled with streamers...great imagery! Congratulations, Mary!
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Date: 3/14/2020 3:59:00 AM
It is great that you mentioned the musical artists, for that is what makes it 1988 instead of 1948. Great job!
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