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# C'est La Vie
- URL: https://www.hawkword.com/poetry/cest-la-vie/
- Published: 2021-07-17T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2021-07-17T12:00:00.000Z
- Description: It was a teenage wedding and the old folks watched the beautiful couple dance to old standards and new songs that made no sense
- Author: A. Gee
- Tags: Poetry, Allpoetry Import, #Import 2026-04-25 19:56

It was a teenage wedding  
and the old folks  
watched the beautiful couple  
dance to old standards  
and new songs that made no sense

The old folks knew though,  
that the first sign of growing old  
is when you stop understanding pop music  
So they didn't confess their bewilderment  
to anyone, and kept applauding

Soon the hypnotic rhythms of the day  
reignited a dormant fire in their bones  
and smiles broke out on grouchy faces,  
and the occasional tear flowed down a crusty cheek

The teenage couple kept dancing  
without a care in the world  
Secure in the knowledge  
that this will never happen to them

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**Author notes:** WC 108 Prompt is Chuck Berry's Teenage Wedding https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaxxrrUXKMo https://allpoetry.com/contest/2783259-Rhythm---Rhymes---no-particular-place-to-go