the 1970s

like Joe Namath,
better-lookin' ev'ry day,
and Chicago in the '70s,
stronger ev'ry day;

this newest generation:
boy, what a mess they will have
to clean up:

ev'rything turned upside down,
inside out,
inverted,
subverted,
immersed,
and yet spangled still;

and we had such
big ideas
and noble purposes,
when we began.



March 28, 2009.

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