The 80s: Reprise


I wish my so called prime that really wasn't

happened in the 80s at the peak

of legs on city sidewalks softly lucent

in pantyhose when ugly wasn't chic.


When joy just meant the mall's up escalator

and shoe salesmen, agog and yet discreet,

who never guessed they'd never have it better,

slipped pumps onto nice nylon-covered feet.


What a time the 80s must've been,

though I was born too late to know for sure.

Oh to hit rewind and re-begin

all things too light and lovely to endure.


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