Yes, yes, my erudite, used-to-be-Rock n Roll, Country, R&B, Soul, Doo-Wop, Surfing, you name it…Individuations of the End-of-WWII Celebration – you could call it, home coming…
…yesterday, we were better.
We loved more – liked more even; gave the other guy a break; cut each other some slack.
…yesterday, we were better.
We were better during those years
That Vietnam tore our loved ones from our lives
At the behest of Powermongers’ wet dreams.
Their old armchairs have worn out
Thanks to so many Fake Patriot ventures.
GM Lies for Breakfast
Fast Food Frankenfood for Lunch and sometimes dinner.
Lies sprinkled like Jimmies across the top of our Ice Cream existences.
And we loved them; still do.
It’s so much better to eat what tastes good
Than what’s good for you
Better yet
Good for all of us.
What’s that?!
The Collective instinct has all but been bred out of us. Listen to the Decades:
Then the 60s…the 70s…we did better.
We made mistakes…but we did things together to make things better.
We stood up. Yes, yes. Brave. Passionate. We had leaders then.
Seems they had to die. The Truth is not allowed to be dug out
Dug up…
Spoken.
The 80s…wow.
Many of us can chronicle our lives by the Music
Across the decades we sang…
And then we stopped.
Sat down
Got scared
got ailments
Got scared
So we – some of us – turned on Fox News
You know…
helps to have an entity to validate our Fears
Give us things and folks to blame
And drop kick us Jesus through the goalposts of Life.
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Now, just take it easy.
I know all the stories and narratives and the good we do.
I also know what we’ve been and done
How we’ve changed every decade we’ve lived through
Working together – collectively – oooh, bad word.
Judgment has become just the trendiest thing
Separation the ‘In Thing’ –
especially if they’re those ‘Others.’
Now, ‘Separation’ is in large part achieved.
‘Social Distancing’ is now not only okay
But an Order.
So what happens now,
my Baby Boomer colleagues?
Will – can – we
change another Decade
For the Good?
For the movement
Through the Paradigm Shift?
Will we stand up
Drop the Fear
And pick up Change?
We have to, you know.
And when the evening yields to night
we have two choices:
Pre-serve the Planet – for us, our kids, grandkids
Continue the way it is
Lies upon Lies
Pollution upon pollution
Manipulation/PropagandaPersuasion
Watch the Words!!!
It’s Time. We know what to do.
