for Marla
Have you ever felt that the Sixties had been Murdered?
And what would have been your explanation?
I met a woman named Gail who was born in 1958.
Her frame of reference was Queen and U2.
Gee, I wondered, did you miss the Sixties
AND the Seventies? Where did the time go?
To be fair I did not ask her those questions. She is
a psychologist who specializes in PTSD therapies.
I wanted to shout out, “Wait, I’ve been there.
I can lay my body down. I know the way out.”
But I couldn’t because Cheryl interjected
to wax nostalgic about “Sgt. Pepper,”
Jefferson Airplane, and Janis Joplin.
Ah, yes, the music, the protests, the excitement.
Dear muse, you remember when a few things
could start such fires, and now so rarely?
And how we reveled in everything, but today
is unnerving. Our fires have diminished.
Verve, cohesion, and joy are harder to come by.
Oh my, what happened that unraveled us so?
It was Charles Manson. He murdered the Sixties.
From: A Rambly Search for Innocence, Time, and Love
Unpub. MS p. 45
Well this is quite thought provoking. It is crazy how a decade can shape the thoughts of an entire generation for the rest of their lives. What terrifies me is the thoughts this generation is cultivating and what their opinions will be for the rest of their lives. Loved the line, "Our fires have diminished". Thank you for sharing your passion. Looking forward to the next post.
ReplyDeleteIt is amazing how events shape a generation. The words "I was a child of the 60s" carries so much weight and cultivates so much understanding. What scares me is how we have labeled generations now and we have no clue what that means. Where did the simple times go?
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