Prom USA

i believe i have come up with the the ultimate way to describe mainstream America. To those of you who are uniquely able to read English yet know nothing of the country i live in, i tell you it is just like a high school prom. Each activity of the evening echos the inner workings, unfortunately, of the United States of America.

First, couples dress in clothes they cannot afford. Clothes they absolutely have to have for that special occasion but after that evening they will no longer have any use for them. Then they climb into flashy automobiles they also cannot afford. Whether driving or driven the couples flock to restaurants were they overpay for unhealthy food served in excessive portions.

Then they head to the main event. Regardless of the setting, be it banquet hall or gymnasium, the sites are the same. Usually somewhat inebriated individuals gyrate and otherwise make fools of themselves calling it dancing to a soundtrack of songs which will all be forgotten within five years, provided either by DJ or horrible cover-band. As the evening goes on the gentlemen start shedding layers yet never end up showing as much skin as the females have since the beginning of the festivities.

As time moves on an election is held, based purely on looks and popularity. Royalty is crowned and the crowd's excitement level raises, if only for a brief time. Then comes the after-party as couples bounce from one party to another enjoying a final hurrah along the way showing off their outfits and vehicles to others who could not care less on the roads to their final destination of the evening.

After a last push of celebration come the cherry on top of the evening rituals. Couples sneak away from the watchful eyes of adults and others to aimlessly grope one another in the dark, peeling off the soon to be forgotten uniforms of the evening, and finally engage in amateur sex.

The next day in the loneliness of morning, individuals realize the regrettable behavior of the previous night. A fact never publicly admitted. For once the prom-goer meets back up with peers there is only talk of how wondrous their celebratory ways are.