HIGH SCHOOL CHAPERONE

 

 

Midnight has long come and gone

but my duties force me to stay

I remember as I watch them

those elegant bygone days

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When girls were ladies in dresses

that swayed gently to and fro

Their beaus standing tall and erect

like starched penguins in a row

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Those arms so politely offered

had white gloved hands laid upon

Shy lowered eyes that even I 

could see mischief peeking from

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It all looked very formal

this invitation to the dance

But deep down inside their hearts beat

wild for this could be the chance

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To meet the one they are longing for

to make their life complete

I watch nothing's changed just the clothes 

and the music's rhythmic beat