That we attended Prom as boyfriends, coupled, monogamous; that
we declined formal clothing, and wore, instead, mesh tees, the
style of shorts that are still called "hot pants" (some phrases
endure for centuries) and thigh high socks (pastel pink; shoes
omitted); or that I, originated, brought him, clonicated, to Prom.
Of course, they stared with malicious facial expressions, and
audible whispers: "This is not the Ganymede Cluster after all, nor
"Coerulescence, the city that no one has ever seen nor
"visited." Slow and fast dances we danced, each one. Our own
AfterProm---in the privacy of my rooms, in the conducive
accommodations of my very observant SmartBed---we made
love until sunsrise: tees, hot pants, and thongs in a pile on the
floor (we kept those pastel pink socks on). To the peaks of
pleasure, we came more than once.
Starward