Friday Night - Confessions of an Underage Drinker

In the poem, “Friday Night”, I hope to reflect a small but significant part of today’s culture - the typical rebellious teenager. Stereotyped as angst-ridden, depressed, experimenting with alcohol and drugs and disrespectful of authority. These teenagers all aim to be unique but end up trapped in the same routine of rebellion.
Teenagers of today are dependent on Facebook and texting to organise their social lives, so it had to play a big part in my poem. I chose the genre of poem because it ties in with today’s methods of abbreviating everything through texting and how on Facebook people always state their feelings in a melodramatic way (e.g Alone, Alone….).
I wrote “Friday Night” hoping to express teenage rebellion in society in the 21st Century. The poem focuses on how teenagers today are filled with a desire to be accepted, to be popular and cool, through flouting rules with complete disregard for the consequences, in this case, by sneaking out, partying and taking drugs. I incorporated the use of text language to reflect the cultural importance of Facebook and mobile phones, the fact that they are consuming teenager’s lives. During this poem, the reader follows the character’s feelings which range from boredom and rebellion to excitement, euphoria, paranoia and desperation as she reverts back to being just a child, scared, lost and needing her mother. On completion, I find that I think it would be very interesting to re-write this poem as a series of typical night Facebook status posts. ”Friday Night” is targeted towards teenage audiences as it covers topics such as peer pressure, underage drinking and naivety.