Class Reunion ROFL (written with my sister's help)

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Dennis
Member

since 2001-02-19

Posts 235
Indiana

0 posted 2001-03-10 10:54 AM

Thank you, Kathleen, this was a laugh riot to colaborate with you on)

The dance floor was ready
soft lights in colorful balls hung overhead
and the punch bowl hadn't been spiked yet!
The handicap spaces were full
from the teachers arriving for this special occasion!

Peggy Sue had looked forward to this for years
She walked in feeling as if it were 19??. (ouch)
again.

"In the still of night" began to play.

OMG she was thankful she had shaved
her legs! Her ponytail was just the right
length and her barrettes were brand new.
Only peach lipstick would do for this night.
Annette Funicello eat your heart out!

Shoo wopp su wa!!

Shoo wop su wa!

Shoo wop su wa!

Looking around others were already snapping their
fingers; exaggerating about their life and their
successes and remembering how many
times they had been married and to whom.

Shoo dupe shoobe do
Shoo dupe shoobe do

But would the one person show up
she had really driven all this way to see?
Would he be there, her dance partner,
the one who lead her onto the floor
and into paradise with a snap of his fingers
and a grin that made her knees unavailable
for the rest of the evening.

A few moments later the "Teen Angel" had died
on the railroad tracks and women were crying as
if it had happened yesterday.

The cheerleading squad stuck out like sore thumbs
trying to model the same outfits. The chaperones
thought for a minute that Bailey's Circus had entered
the wrong building.

Peggy Sue rushed to the ladies room and began
to light up a cigarette as she had many times
before English class.

"Oh Bobby, are you going to show up,
you are my heart, my life,
I love you, I want you please show up
and dance with me, just like it used to be
if only you were here I'd "go all the way"
just give me a chance."

But would he?

Pink punch and Ricky Nelson carried
her around the room, searching, bumping
into people she did not recognize.

They hadn't played the song yet, there was
still time.

Their song.

They hadn't played it yet.

Maybe his motorcycle broke down.
Thoughts of sudden death loomed over
her, perhaps he was (gulp) really dead!

Oh no, not Bobby, he was indestructible
he would survive, just like she had dreamed
and he would show up, that's it! he was making
an entrance. Peggy Sue hoped he would leave
his motorcycle outside when he did.

There he was.

In one fleeting memory it all came rushing over her,
Bobby, he was the one she always wanted;
she just lost him on life's highway. He was often
out of gas and the prices had gone up through the years.

The band must have been clairvoyant, or it was the
$50.00 bill she had handed them to begin playing
their song the minute he arrived. Everyone knew
he would be wearing a leather jacket, of course.

The music began,
he approached her,
everyone stepped back to leave
a lighted circle in the middle of the floor-

OMG everything is perfection;
stillness, the hush the balls even stopped swaying
out of respect

Bobby stretched forth his right hand with a yellow rose for
Peggy and as she took it the song began and he led her
onto the dance floor.

the following lyrics in quotes are sung by Paul Anka,
thank you Paul!!

"Put your head on my shoulder,
hold me in your arms, baby
Squeeze me oh so tight, show me,

(so he had some love handles, who cares?)

"that you love me too"

"Put your lips next to mine, dear"

(Holy Mary, Mother of God)

as he kissed her the crowd screamed!!!!!!!!!

"won't you kiss me once, baby,
just a kiss goodnight (she wasn't leaving yet!!)
maybe…….
you and I will fall in love"

(Oh sweet heaven, no doubt)

"People say that love's a game
a game you just can't win (overtime!!)
if there's a way,
I'll find it someday
and then this fool will rush in!!!!!
Put your head on my shoulder,
whisper in my ear, baby
words I want to hear,
tell me.
tell me that you love too."

They were still in love.

[This message has been edited by Dennis (edited 03-10-2001).]

Denise

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Member Seraphic

since 1999-08-22

Posts 22648

1 posted 2001-03-10 11:11 AM

This is great Dennis! I enjoyed this very much! I guess we all have that special someone that we will never forget, no matter the how far away life has taken us from them.

VAS
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-11-16

Posts 7450
Oregon

2 posted 2001-03-10 11:22 AM

This is way to wonderful and tender to be ROFL. It did begin with some wonderful nostalgia that I truly enjoyed...but ended in a dream we surely all would love to experience. Very fine stuff Dennis and partner!

SEA