New Clothes
Skin tight sky blue jeans
Mauve paisley shirt
I felt neat
I liked how I looked
I was feeling pretty-damned good
A friend arrived
With two stolen bottles
Of his parents wine
I didn’t want it
I didn’t want to get drunk
I wanted the experience
Sitting
On the sidelines
In the dance hall
I felt shy
I felt inferior
I felt inadequate
She asked me to dance
We danced
We danced, wild and crazy
I felt happy
I felt popular
I felt incredibly loved
Outside
At the end of the night
Trying to stop the fights
I felt responsible
I felt grown up
I should have walked her home