My generation
had our heads in the clouds
and our feet on foreign soil.
Our hearts and minds
produced new ideas
by the truckload.
and Mr. Spock
materialized
on our TV screens and
explored strange new galaxies
fought off threats
with really cool phasors
and beamed back up to the ship
just in time for dinner and a new delegation.
We lived LARGE
and in LIVING COLOR
Nothing seemed
out of reach.
WE touched the sky
We knew GOD
HE WAS OUR PERSONAL FRIEND.
We had ALL THE ANSWERS
TO ALL THE QUESTIONS
ever questioned.
WE ROCKED the WORLD!
OUR science would cure EVERYTHING!
We would harness the SUN
Well, we did harness it
the wind
WAIT, we did!
earth
water
fire
DID that
well, kind of sort of, not really
When did it turn?
When did our enthusiasm for LIFE
start to destroy our lives?
When did we begin to practice MAD SCIENCE
was it twelve years ago with MONSANTO
or was it before that
When did our smart become stupid?
Was it when we started cloning sheep?
When will it end
today, tomorrow, December 21st 2012?
Will we have to sit in the corner
wait
and watch out for
THE END?
Is the government
ever going to admit to what’s really going on at AREA 51
that WE are the aliens on this planet?
Is Jesus coming back?
Should we cheer and sing
when he rides in on his
white stallion
or cower
behind
a pillar?
YOU know the
pillars
we hide behind
PRIDE
LUST
indifference
VIOLENCE
PAIN
FEAR
GREED
LOVE
LOVE, the only thing worth living or dying for
well there is freedom
and happiness
and some other good stuff
like friends and family
although family can suck too.
Yes, but there is LOVE and Jesus
and flowers, mountains, trees, birds
and dogs and the deep blue sea
So there is HOPE
and she has another close friend
Truth
so maybe, just maybe
we’ll make it
to a ripe old age
in the meantime, dear
go ahead, eat another apple!
Corney Press 