Since we’re on a dog theme, I thought I’d slip this little ditty in on you. I’m wondering if any of my pals and gal pals from Buckeye remember those 7th and 8th grade dances we had at the elementary school cafeteria? I sure do, and this poem pretty much how they were for me…
Puppy Love
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Recollecting Junior High dances
Ah, they were fear personified
Boys all huddled against one wall
Girls in bunches on the other side
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Black slacks, white shirts, shiny shoes
Pretty dresses on giggling girls
Boys sporting crew-cuts and cowlicks
Little ladies in pigtails and curls
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A brave lad would stroll across the room
His true love a vision in pink
He’d ask her for a dance somehow
Though mind and lips were on the blink
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Once the brave lad had broken the ice
The rest of the boys crossed the floor
Hearts thumping and eyes open wide
Thinking, what am I doing this for
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The scene was the same at each dance
Boys swearing, she’s the one I dream of
Until the next dance; a brand new romance
For alas it was only puppy love
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Copyright © 1998 C. Mashburn
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