Espied the lively flock preening

Squabbling squawking chortling.

Unkindly miming and mimicking

Down The Corso Saturday evening.

Snowy sweatshirts with hoods to hide in

Ink black macho leather bombers

Black jeans cropped off by white sneakers

Pied evidently cool for teens this year.

 

Chattering laughing mockingly taunting

So very streetwise. Their sly all-seeing eyes

picking out likely girls with darting glances

seeking for the slightest encouragement to link up.

First a pizza then the pub or disco

and great hopes for an afterwards.

 

Bright-eyed, gossipy and magpie-like

with the insouciance of their youth.

Ready with taunts or often cruel comments

glossily elegant like their delinquent avian equivalents.