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