Lance at My Blog Can Beat Up Your Blog (yes, there’s a picture of Fight Club on the home page, but it’s all good fun) wanted folks to write poems, 100 wds, to particular songs he’d picked out. On this Mother’s Day, I HAD to write a paean to my own fave dance song by one of the great bands of the 80s. Listen and imagine me and Riley barefoot on the dance floor, with Lex watching us, rolling his eyes…! Can’t think of a better Mother’s Day post for my girl, who made this particular holiday one worth celebrating when she was born in ’88. Love you, Riles.
BOP ‘TIL WE DROP
Punch out the time clock and
pile in the back of the Chrysler, baby
Don’t need GPS, and I don’t mean maybe
Half a mile away you hear the
THUMP THUMP
Pull up SCREECH my God this is a
DUMP DUMP
But the B52s are locked and loaded
and the room sounds like something just exploded it goes
BUMP BUMP
We shimmy the shit off our shoes
We all shimmy sharp at the Shack
If we’re gonna waste our time
we’re gonna waste it well
waste it wildly, hell bent for leather
Gonna bop ’til we drop at the Shack
© 2012 Amy Barlow Liberatore/Sharp Little Pencil
Sharp Little Pencil 
Steve E
Well, I watched the exciting (not kidding!) Bop Til Ya Drop thing…and NOW I cannot get to sleep (again!.) Gotta be up at 5 AM it’s almost 1 AM…HELLLLLPP!
Amy, it IS all your fault–posting that “LIVE JIVE” for me to watch!!!–grin!
Good Night!
Sharp Little Pencil
Steve, I am so sorry I was the cause of your flashbacks to your ill-spent youth. Ha ha, you crack me up… er, I mean, apologies. You owe me one now
vivinfrance
Music, please, Amy. ~This one rocks!
Sharp Little Pencil
Did the link work OK for you? The B52s were and are outrageous!
vivinfrance
I meant YOUR music!
Lance
You had fun and so did I! Thank you Amy.
Sharp Little Pencil
That’s what these types of prompts are all about, Lance, FUN! Amy
Inside the Mind of Isadora
I can see you both shakin’ your booties in beehives. LOLOL
Feelin’ the love ….
Glad you had a lovely Mother’s Day, Amer ….!!!!
Izzy xoxo
Sharp Little Pencil
Oh, baby, I still get up and shake what my mama gave me when I hear “Love Shack.” That and “Whip It” are my two fave dance songs… plus anything Motown. Thanks, Izzy! xo Amer
Inside the Mind of Isadora
I’m on the same page …. anything motown. I wish it would come back. Loved those synchronized steps.
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jaerose37
‘shimmying the shit off our shoes’..what a cool mom! (and poet)..Jae
Sharp Little Pencil
Riley and I have gone dancing before, and we always have a great time. She is old enough where some of that language is acceptable, but she knows to steer clear of the “F” bomb out of respect, LOL. Thanks, Jae! Amy
Jae Rose
‘shimmying the shit off our shoes’..what a cool mom! (and poet)..Jae x
Lindy Lee
Beebop Allulah that’s my baby (going a little further back than 1988)…
Sharp Little Pencil
Hah, 88 was when Riley was born! Bee-bop-a-lu-op-a-bop-bam-boom, Tutti Frutti, aw rooty!! Love it! Amy