“The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.” Albert Camus
Same As It Ever Was What happened to the rebellion explosion, the anarchic times of flowers and razor blades, love unplugged and paisley dreams, the death of saccharine seems short lived now, back then we were going to tear it all down, end all orders, smash all juntas, close the privilege clubs and cliches, set fire to ideologies and isms, but nothing evolved, it simply went round and round, like punk bands doing retirement gigs, always the last show, same as it ever was. Copyright 2022 ©Paul Vincent Cannon All rights Reserved ®️
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“World Peace” you say? I put it on every shopping list, agenda, and talk it up whenever possible. I’ve been doing that for over half a century with no noticeable result except people rolling their eyes when they see me coming, complain, “Oh here comes that old Hippie again.”
Still, I shall NOT stop. Imagine.
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Old hippies rock, dude.
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I lament, but I too persist, imagine indeed (Is it this one?)
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Great poem and love the rock ending. 👍👍
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Thank you very much Pat 🙂
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You’re welcome. Rock in Dude.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah 🙂
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And some became the very thing they rebelled against…
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More than a few, a would say.
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Lol
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Indeed
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Yes, sold out sadly.
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Such a great poem great use of words – I often ponder this very thing
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I think I grieve the hope of that time.
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Next time, the flowers and paisleys without the tearing and smashing… 🌺
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Yes, tempting as the tearing might be 🙂
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It’s tearing itself down just fine, ya?
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In a giant ball of flames Ana
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If anything, we’ve regressed.
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I really feel that, I carry a grief for the loss of that hope, yet I still hope.
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I think we have to hope. Otherwise, we couldn’t get out of bed in the morning.
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I think that’s true Liz, agreed.
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