white noise

For my friends, Yana and Laurel, who really need to be more geek. ;)
We drank root beer all night,
sprawled like shipwrecked sailors
hoarding a last cask of rum.
Unladylike, draped over couches,
recliners, and a dusty, overstuffed chair,
we laughed ourselves purple
recalling the past – Duran Duran,
the trampling waves of Punk Rock,
leg warmers, and DayGlo pinks.
We hadn’t laughed so [...]