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NEW YEARS 1990
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NEW YEARS 1990 |
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Abe Senior Member
since 2003-05-28
Posts 694Looks like Vero Beach, FL until the end! 
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I wrote this for the decade change to the 1990s.Doesn't seem much has really changed, does it? Happy New Year, Abe THEN THERE WERE…… There were eighties songs and the eighties cars Movies of the decade and new-born superstars There were people fighting for freedom and liberty Some massacred and losing, some made it reality There were the pc’s and space shots past the stars New miracles in medicine, compact discs and vcr’s There were people starving, a drugged society The myths of public servants and old-age security There were “waves” in every kitchen and gadgetry galore Self-service service stations and the quick stop store There was the poisoning of those things which give us life Destruction of the family, of the terms husband and wife There were all the experts who thought they knew more A how-to everything on the shelves of the bookstore There were the street people and the poor farmer’s strife And bombings by those people who claim to be pro-life There were computer games, the amazing micro-chip Watches with a TV and the low-cal chocolate chip There were mass murderers, the warfare in our streets Terrorists and hostages, the guy who rapes and beats There were fads and fashions, the battle of the scales tip Malls built everywhere, to buy it all in just one trip There was the aids epidemic, a cure red tape defeats We seem to want to waste it so our treasury depletes There were lots of changes but which were for our good? But did we try to change the important ones, we should? There were a lot of chances but they are gone forever Let’s hope in the year to come we’ll do it right, together. Del "Abe" Jones |
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nakdthoughts Member Laureate
since 2000-10-29
Posts 19200Between the Lines |
not much change~~ sighing~~ M |
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