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coyote
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since 2001-03-17
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0 posted 2001-05-06 11:04 AM



"sixties"

I speak in tongues apart
of martyrdom and sacrifice
when soup cans were art
and cigarettes were underpriced

peace hung around one's neck
an albatross of disrespect
when communal love was "free"
to take, or make, or "let it be"

cut wisdom teeth on teenage angst
and count your losses on the news
when "bingo" was a game of ranks
that numbered names to win or lose

"where have all the flowers gone"
what happened to them in the song
coming home they don't belong
to honor, duty, right or wrong

mad monk prophet priests
holy hippie heretic beliefs
jaded judas beggar thief
broken bottled ghostly grief
in the sewered city street
these are surely your forgotten

youth writhing in your "wonder years"
from insufficient breast fed fears
crying gothic griefless tears
darkness drives but no one steers
allegiance always to your peers
tattoos piercing deafened ears
believing only your begotten

though the sixties fathered social change
the "generation gap" remains
rebellious spirit reigns
in ever new directions

closed captioned in a single frame
we have no one else to blame
for our future's acute pain
drains from chronic dire infections

(c) William F. Stocks 2001

"The rose, like the cactus flower, protects herself with thorns. We however, impale ourselves on their beauty."
coyote

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~DreamChild~
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since 2001-04-23
Posts 544
in your dreams
1 posted 2001-05-06 02:56 PM


wow!
this is an awesome poem!
Thanks for sharing.

                ~DreamChild~

coyote
Senior Member
since 2001-03-17
Posts 1077

2 posted 2001-05-06 06:04 PM


Thanks so much for reading, Dream_Child.
And welcome to the Pub.

"The rose, like the cactus flower, protects herself with thorns. We however, impale ourselves on their beauty."
coyote

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