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A mixtape no one asked for

I need your help! I’ve had major writer’s block for a while, and I need your opinion on this. I have to read it at an open mic this weekend, and the theme is the 90s. I wrote this in 10 minutes.

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It’s the era of Madonna
and Sinéad O’Connor;
Nothing Compares 2
a decade of New Order,
and Mariah Carey,
though obviously
not including Mr Blobby.

New Kids finally
joined the Block,
paving the way
for other jocks like
Backstreet Boys
and Boyz II Men.
Boyzone, Westlife
seem to be back again.

The Chemical Brothers
dropped Block Rockin’ Beats;
The Prodigy shocked
with Firestarter and Breathe.
Aphex Twin crept into charts,
and Daft Punk brought
French house to clubs.

Vengaboys were
another to boom;
DJ Jazzy Jeff
still shook the room.

Spice Girls maybe
were at their height,
while Ice Ice Baby
lost a copyright fight.

We had Britpop
with Blur and Oasis,
but Hanson’s MMMBop
bookends the playlist.

Now That’s What I Call
90s tracks.
In the words of Missy Elliott:
I Want You Back. 

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