Run

 Run


We all of a certain generation

Run like the hunted

Stuck between the late 70’s and the present

Old enough to remember

Turning the dial

Old enough to remember

The quiet comfort

Of not knowing the opinions

Of a billion people

Old enough to remember the beginning

Of a new society/civilization

When we became socially aware

Not just about worldly explorations

Aware about our own need to speak and to be heard

Our thoughts 

All of our thoughts 

On topics

That were usually reserved 

For the barbershop

The grocery store aisle

Between two purple haired

Ninnies 

Their displeasure

For anyone that 

Spoke or looked different


Celebrities who were once 

Mythic and undeniable

Now with shaved heads

Slamming paparazzi with

Umbrellas

No one was safe


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