Do you remember your first prom date?

Question

The southern end of the veranda

held a boy

pinned to his steel chair pinned

to his spider gaze

and the mountain in his forefront

heaved with the wanton wind

with every passing blame

and this nerve would never

last and the steel turned

blue and the chair winged its way

through the ugliest trees

he'd ever seen, perched swallows'

screaming cackles

and dinner was the last thing

on his mind.

She never met his eyes

never saw the desperate twitch of skin

never knew his eventual

break-

down.

Answer 1

This one is a haunting puzzlement to me, but what I'm feeling when I read it is a tortured boy getting high out on the veranda to gain enough courage to get lucky with his date, but gets so high, it's an ugly trip, and though he may have gotten lucky, he was so far gone, they never connected emotionally, he wasn't even there.

Whatever the 'correct' interpretation is, we get lost in the story and feel it, even if we aren't quite sure what it is!

Thanks, Buk

Answer 2

I did meet his eyes...

and

I did see those things...

or

At least similar....

Excellent poem...

Peace.

Answer 3

Yeah, he was super sweet and I was shallow.  He was shorter than me and put his head on my shoulder when we danced.  But it was the BEST date I had ever had still to this day.  And when he came over to my house the next day I shut him down.  He probably works for Microsoft now and has a lot of money...d**n!  

Answer 4

I waited and waited, but you stood me up.  You owe me.

Answer 5

Why did you go to prom with an owl woman? Dinner was the first thing on her mind.

Good un.

Answer 6

adolescent angst is a curious thing.

nice job:)

Answer 7

I do......to this day she is still the fattest, hairiest woman I have evar seen.

Answer 8

i have great prom memories...sorry you do not  :(

Answer 9

Another nice one Buk. I never got to go to either of my proms. Two days before my junior prom I was attacked by a guy as I was walking home from a store with a little girl I was babysitting after school ( not in this area) . We were both injured but fortunately a car came along before he could do too much more.  My back was injured . Our senior prom was canceled by the principal of the school. Long story, not very nice principal.

Answer 10

<<<<< Claps loudly...........very nice....x

Answer 11

No prom for me, I went straight to playing all growed up, living with a man 8 yrs older than me, cause mom said I could and at least she'd know where I was. Sweet ain't it?

Answer 12

I will be reading this one for a while. Wheelchair is almost too easy. I better look harder.

Answer 13

and this is why my friends and I went bachelorette to all things prom.

Answer 14

Something about a blouse...heaving. Hmmm.

Answer 15

Nice one dear boy. And yes I do very vividly. LMFAO

Answer 16

Well yes, my first p**n date was Mrs Longneck from Puerto Rico........ huh? Oh you meant prom date...... never mind.

Answer 17

I'm going to give her a call and apologize.

You nailed it again, Brother man.

Answer 18

i didn't know you had a poetic side to you. almost made me cry.

Answer 19

Nice.