Del “Abe” Jones

THEN THERE WERE…

There were eighties songs and the eighties cars
Movies of the decade and new-born superstars
There were people fighting for freedom and liberty
Some massacred and losing, some made it reality
There were the PCs and space shots past the stars
New miracles in medicine, compact discs and VCRs
There were people starving, a drugged society
The myths of public servants and old-age security
There were “waves” in every kitchen and gadgetry galore
Self-service service stations and the quick stop store
There was the poisoning of those things which give us life
Destruction of the family, of the terms husband and wife
There were all the experts who thought they knew more
A how-to everything on the shelves of the bookstore
There were the street people and the poor farmer’s strife
And bombings by those people who claim to be pro-life
There were computer games, the amazing micro-chip
Watches with a TV and the low-cal chocolate chip
There were mass murderers, the warfare in our streets
Terrorists and hostages, the guy who rapes and beats
There were fads and fashions, the battle of the scales tip
Malls built everywhere, to buy it all in just one trip
There was the aids epidemic, a cure red tape defeats
We seem to want to waste it so our treasury depletes
There were lots of changes but which were for our good?
But did we try to change the important ones, we should?
There were a lot of chances but they are gone forever
Let’s hope in the year to come we’ll do it right, together.

©Copyright January 1, 1990 by Del “Abe” Jones