Three dresses. three dates, three proms
Fixing hair and fretting, getting butterflies.
Boys in tuxes looking overheated.
Girls whose mothers should be fearful.
Hey, did someone spike the punch?
The chaperones, at least, are having fun.
The music's loud as dancers ebb and flow
across the polished floor.
Fading photos that remind us we were young
and thought we knew a thing or two.
(c) Ellen Gillette, 2022
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