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thenewgreen  ·  2772 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Writing With Refugee: Day 24

We called kissing girls, "scamming."

"Did you scam with anyone this weekend?" Was the kind of question we asked each other. Kissing girls was all the rage.

Also, flannel. When I was in high school it was peak "grunge" era and the hallways were a sea of flannel. Then, as I was leaving high school it was hippies. Everyone was starting to wear hemp necklaces and such.

Field parties. We had giant bonfires. People juggled hot-coals and I would play my guitar for the girls. Violent femmes songs galore. I would figure out any song a girl wanted, if only to be able to report on monday that I had "scammed."

Girls, Beer, Bonfires, Guitars - that was my high school experience.