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HeartBeats
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since 2002-08-03
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TX

0 posted 2002-08-05 08:36 PM


Put flowers in the nose cones of our planes
take them from the baskets of our pain
the world must learn to love again
to fix the wrongs we daily rend
on everyone who sees life
in a different color

Put freedom in the forefront of our plans
rise up and fight against the Man
the world must learn to live again
without revolt it all will end
the rich will win while
we just live in squalor

Dylan knew the times were changing
we were too busy rearranging
hate with love and feeling groovy
baby, if this were a movie
we'd be stuck in Groundhog Day
a moebus strip in time

so, still we seek the long, strange trip
the endless summer, Ashbury hip
but deep inside we know the Truth
falling stocks, towers provide proof
for all our screaming in the Sixties
we might as well been mimes

he's not my brother, he IS heavy
the music died there at the levee
despite our fight we have become
the new proletariat scum
the dogma of the rich
has laid our karma out to rest

take your bags and roll your joints
vote for those business annoints
it feels good - so you do it
revolution? bummer, screw it!
who needs a downer mantra now
that we think we've passed life's test?

we metamorphed into our fathers
the world is wrong but who can bother?
burn our history, not our bras
lets just relax in our spas
for in the end -
all we did was conform

in the end
all we did was conform...  

[This message has been edited by HeartBeats (08-05-2002 08:37 PM).]

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paladin
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1 posted 2002-08-05 08:49 PM


My karma ran over my dogma.

paladin

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2 posted 2002-08-05 08:57 PM




(big hugggsssssss) Oh Michael, I too am amazed by how radically the idea of protest has changed, you have grasped the 60's spirit so well, this is excellent, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Michael, thank you for sharing!



May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

"Underneath your clothes there's an endless story..."

Shakira

HeartBeats
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since 2002-08-03
Posts 16
TX
3 posted 2002-08-05 09:59 PM


ty..i wrote this for a contest on another board. The poem had to contain the phrase "groovy baby" in it...lol  surprisingly, it won = )

everyone else tried to get pyschedelic for the sake of being pyschedelic..i tried to recall the spirit of our crazy lives back then = )

NewEnglandlazurlu
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since 2002-01-04
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A Mountain Paradise
4 posted 2002-08-05 10:33 PM


I'm climbing out of my spa to give you a hug. PEACE baby!  

With flowers in her hair ~ Marti

"Even if life is full of thorns,
I still embrace it, for I know
that in between those thorns,
there is a rose worth all the pain."

Kellie_Cantrell
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since 2002-05-22
Posts 1667
New York
5 posted 2002-08-06 12:34 PM


this is neat. I wasn't alive in the 60's the 70's and half the 80's but now i know that I know a little about the 60's thats not in the books. thanks for the laugh
Madame Chipmunk
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since 2001-12-05
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Michigan
6 posted 2002-08-06 01:11 AM


This was a joy to read, Michael...
isn't it amazing how the world can change in 35 years?
In the sixties, we wouldn't dare display American flags...and now we fly them with glee from our houses and cars...

thanks so much for this well written bit of nostalgia.
~ hugs and peace

Lyra

copyright2002 Lyra Nesius

"poetry is life distilled"  Gwendolyn Brooks

HeartBeats
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since 2002-08-03
Posts 16
TX
7 posted 2002-08-06 08:05 PM


well..we DID display american flags - but most likely they were patches in our jeans and had a peace symbol instead of a field of stars...lol

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