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Weekly Contest #357
September 15th, 1993Bacon sizzled on the pan as Cyndi Lauper sang, and Charlie tried to keep her hands from shaking. Girls Just Want To Have Fun. It was Mom’s favorite, which she knew because it was the only one she’d sung along to at homecoming while she danced with the teachers. Everyone always glared at Charlie for that. It wasn’t her fault that Principal Wig had a taste for divorcees with too much makeup, and Mom hadn’t turned down a man since 1985. Oh girls, they wanna have fun. They were bullshit lyrics anyway. Mom hadn’t had fun in ye...
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