Friday, December 17, 2021

The Art of Dating

No one really knows the

Art of dating anymore.  It was

Lost sometime back in the 60's

Between doo-wop and the Rolling Stones.

 

The free-love movement desecrated

All regard for proper form,

Tearing down the barriers and

Clearing out restrictive zones.

 

Nowadays the dating game

Is played upon a different court.

Rules relaxed down to the point

Where no rules need apply.

 

Sleazy, darkened, noise-filled clubs

Replacing Mother's parlor.

Rooms where desperation dwells

And morals go to die.

 

Tricks devised to bed, not wed,

Are etched on bathroom walls,

As lurkers, losers, louts and creeps

Stalk freely through the halls.

 

And no one really knows the rules.

They're made up as they go along.

The art of dating gone for good,

A dirge it's dying song.

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