Haiku about KISS

When I read that it's Ace Frehley's birthday today, about a half a dozen different memories shot through my mind. Ace Frehley was a member of the rock band KISS. They were popular during the late '70s, known for their black and white face makeup and their platform shoes and elaborate costumes. 

One of my KISS memories is being in the girls' locker room at E.E. Fell Junior High School. A couple of girls started singing Rock and Roll All Night, others started joining them and soon we had the whole locker room singing. By the way, this was the "honor" locker room. You get membership there if you consistently take showers after gym class. The teachers don't have to monitor shower taking in the "honor" locker room. Well, the singing must have gotten pretty loud. Mrs. Magsig  yelled in for us to shut up. We did. We didn't want to lose membership in the "honor" locker room.  

 

A recent KISS memory was taking our boys to a KISS concert with a good friend of ours. It was the boys' first concert. And KISS did not fail, with it's pyrotechnics and stage antics. Our oldest watched the whole concert with big eyes and a big smile. Our middle child had to leave about half way through the concert. The light show entranced him and then all of a sudden he rolled up on the ground and wanted to just lie there. I think the light show was too stimulating. I took him out and we listened while we followed people around the venue.

Two fun memories thanks to KISS. So Happy Birthday, Ace Frehley, and here's a haiku honoring your former band. 

Paul, Ace, Gene, Peter

want to party ev'ry day

And we sing along.