Tap and jive; on toes wild
The arm twirls; while legs whirl
The music beating silly; the weekend joint jolly
Filled with bodies entwined; she is out for the first time.
Her friend is seasoned to every beat. A lad offers the first timer a wisp
For friendship sake, he says, nothing to worry if you please, try.
Her mother’s warning she remembers not;
Enthralled, she puffs and chokes
Laughing, all urge to try another
This time perfected;
Puffed and puffed
Till her head numbs
Hands on her, she feels frigid
But, helpless she reclines.
Her peers, who she recalls
have fallen short alike;
heed to mother’s
Plea!!
By: Shashi Moore
Poet's Corner 