Student’s Night Poem by Charlie F. Kane

There was fighting on the dance floor
And Converse on my feet,
The place it smelled of beer and sweat,
But the music sounded so sweet,
Takes me back to the decade that I shall never see.

New clothes- White shirt, black tie,
Maybe catching somebody’s eye?
Did she just look at me?
Oh, god no, it was the guy behind me,
Sighs as the girl in the green dress walks right by me.

Friends around me now,
The group will be fractured and
Broken in the next few months,
But we do not care about that tonight,
As the drink quickly disappears.

1 A.M return home.
The road, so busy by day
Is now dead by night.
I walk in the middle for a few moments,
Knowing I am perfectly safe,

Tip toe quietly in,
Silently as I go,
Ears ring and eyes ache,
The thought of friendship and
Music flow in my mind.


(19/4/07)