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Bonnie j
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0 posted 2004-03-18 10:27 AM



Each Generation

A young woman dressed in an elegant gown of
pearls and lace
She is filled with excitement for she is going to a ball this very night
A new dance that is the craze
She will be learning this new dance
it is called the Waltz
This new dance scandalous it will be the
ruination of our young children.

A young woman dressed in a Flapper Dress all sparkles and glitter
going to a dance held at the society club
A new dance that is the craze
She will learning this new dance it is called the
Charleston
This new dance the devils work and it will be the down fall of our young children.

A young woman dressed in a full poodle skirt
and bobby socks going to a dance at the high school
A new dance that is the craze
She will be learning several dances tonight
The Twist, The Stroll, The Jerk
These new dances are so dirty and obscene
They are corrupting our young children this is why they are so
disobedient and unruly.

A young woman dressed in short shorts
and a bikini top going to a strip joint at the local bar
A new dance that is the craze
She will be learning this new dance as she flows around the
polished brass pole
Is it not the music, it is not the dance
Is it to late for our innocent young children to learn the dance of heavenly
love and devotion?
Is it too late?

Bon-Bon


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Seymour Tabin
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1 posted 2004-03-18 10:31 AM


Bonnie,
Perhaps, but enjoyed the write.

DavePage
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2 posted 2004-03-18 11:23 AM


I'm not sure the last fits in with the others apart from being criticised as dirty obscene etc.

Maybe in some way they all pay, and possibly better than the last, but that would be cynical to say that, and maybe the last is a way to the rest

A friend of mine was shy of £20,000 courtesy of a Russian Pole Dancer, I just wish he hadn't descended on me afterwards.

I was dragged out of my bed, in a bar in Masstricht until the early hours and he left the next morning after sleeping on my floor.

That association then seemed to be the end of a friendship since I knew.

Dave


Bonnie j
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3 posted 2004-03-18 11:43 AM


Hi Dave
How this one came about....I was watching tv
and the setting was back in the time of the waltz. Hidden behind fans of beauty the older women condemned the wicked form of the dance. Then I remembered the words being said of the Twist how dirty it was until I told the older generation and showed them it was just a fun dance teaching them to do the Twist with a towel. Now just the other day I see they are making the Pole Dance a form of exercise. I guess a story behind the words. Ideas flooding the mind and leading down a path that I did not know that was in hiding in the back of my memory.
See Ya
Bon-Bon


Grover
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4 posted 2004-03-18 05:11 PM


I hear you, Bonnie. Nice work!
Sadelite
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5 posted 2004-03-18 06:50 PM


I thought  this was interesting and remember the days of the "dirty" twist  And here my thinking goes to folk dancing and to dancing in a religious context... hm.  This opens up for much thought...   Thanks for sharing.   (I loved the  60's)

          Sadie

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6 posted 2004-03-18 08:43 PM


Bonnie~
Oh, Lawdy, Lawdy, Lawydy Mz Clawdy ... don't get me started Jitterbugging in my saddle oxfords and stepping on his Blue Suede Shoes ...~

I 'think' (well, actually I KNOW) that I WAS a FLAPPER ... in one of my other lives~

*Huglets*
~*Marge*~

~*When the heart grieves over what it has lost,
the spirit rejoices over what it has left.
- Sufi epigram <))><

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7 posted 2004-03-18 08:48 PM


Bonnie...ya have to know I absolutely love this!!
~Smiles & Hugs, Nancy~

Poetry is not an opinion expressed...
it is a song that rises from a bleeding wound
...or a smiling mouth.

         ~  Kahlil Gibran

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8 posted 2004-03-18 09:13 PM


Excellent write Bonnie. Reading it was a pleasure. hugs, Chris

   Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale.
                                          Hans Christian Anderson

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9 posted 2004-03-19 05:10 AM


a great read!
JL
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10 posted 2004-04-01 04:51 PM


Such a grand artist you are!  Great story Bonnie J.
JL

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