Those Lost Years

by Sixteezkid

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Protests and placards on campus -
"Long-haired hippies" my Dad spews.
"Anti-establishment", says the evening news.

Confused, in between this...what?
Generation Gap.
Someone tell me what it means.
...I'm fifteen.

Doin' a doobie -
guess I'm a hippie.
Getting all A's -
Square equals straight?

Divisions wide, still don't know
Why four are dead in Ohio
Why soldiers are shunned on coming home
Why women toss children in our Embassy
Why helicopters are tossed in the sea

Still asking how/what/why
...I'm fifty-three

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In 1970, I was 14. In the midst of radical change. Couldn't grasp any of it. Too young to understand if we should or should not be in a war. Kent State killings, hippies against soldiers, parents against kids. And the list goes on. These are words of my feelings at the time.

Used in this free verse:
alliteration.
sprinkle of rhyme.
dramatic repetition.

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Vietnam - Was too young to understand...

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Those Lost Years

by Sixteezkid

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