The poem was very simple and easy to understand. The only things that could have made things confusing were certain words if the definition was unknown to a person. Some words that are a bit confusing in this poem are dally and styrofoam. Dally is an intransitive verb and means to waste time (Merriam-Webster). This definition is correct for the word in this poem because the author wrote "you should never date a young man" (3). This is basically saying that one should not waste time on a young man who does the things listed in the poem. Another word that is a bit confusing is polystyrene. It is a rigid transparent thermoplastic that has good physical and electrical insulation properties and is particularly used in molded products, foams and sheet materials (Merriam-Webster). The word is used like “spit into a Styrofoam cup” (18). This is bad considering that this type of cup is good and is used in many