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The Post 9/11 60s-Style Groove (a modern day protest)
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The Post 9/11 60s-Style Groove (a modern day protest) |
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HeartBeats Junior Member
since 2002-08-03
Posts 16TX |
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
since 2001-08-05
Posts 930Pensacola,Fl. |
My karma ran over my dogma. paladin |
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Mistletoe Angel 
since 2000-12-17
Posts 32816Portland, Oregon |
 (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..." |
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HeartBeats Junior Member
since 2002-08-03
Posts 16TX |
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 = ) |
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NewEnglandlazurlu Member Rara Avis
since 2002-01-04
Posts 7470A Mountain Paradise |
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, |
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Kellie_Cantrell Senior Member
since 2002-05-22
Posts 1667New York |
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 |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
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 peaceLyra |
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HeartBeats Junior Member
since 2002-08-03
Posts 16TX |
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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