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Finding meaning in the after-prom party

By Steven A. Rosenberg

 |  Globe Staff  

  June 14, 2012

Around 3:30 on a recent morning, I opened my eyes and found myself in the burgundy comfy chair I had plopped into in our darkened den just an hour before. I had sought refuge from the relentless pounding that helps define rap music. It had been drifting up from the basement for a few hours, ever since my son and 15 of his classmates returned from their junior prom, eager to begin their all-night post-prom party.

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