1980s MEMORIES

weird decade

was i the only one who 
didnt 
understand
why was Manikin so popular
and
all the electro 
so
cold?

i didnt get Top Gun - i was
watching 1950s allegorical westerns
on
BBC2

a v different bag

school was almost all violence - Spamming Tefals 
and 
punching dead legs and dead arms
everyone
obsessed
WITH WHO COULD HAVE WHO

and
with
WHO GOT OFF WITH WHO where and when and how many fingers
you had to get three fingers
so
you
could
sing
the
song
from the Trio choc bar ad

kids made cudgels in woodwork
banging nails thru balsa wood
and
burning
down
the library
and
competing
to
make the supply teachers cry

and kids all wore clothes with tiny animal motifs
and weird Italian names
asking
eat
other
ARE YOU CASUAL ?  or CAS

what do you say when everyone is cas ?
with
Nike this
and
Fila that -
Puma Top Winners were passable but they weren't Ivan Lendls

there was an assembly
when
they scared us all
saying
ONE OUT OF EVERY TEN OF YOU WILL DIE FROM AIDS
and
after that
Homo
was
the insult of the decade - taking over from Joey

at least 
we watched 
the Blues Brothers in English Literature
and
i
found
some
great
musicians 

now 
they knew 
how 
to 
dress