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The Boomer Way
Chapter 32
Some years ago,
2Some youngsters thought they’d take a hand,
3And try a new production.
4They talked a lot about making a stand,
5And setting things right again.
6The time was ripe:
7The plots were old,
8The script was tripe,
9The stars were past their prime,
10And no one had registered a meaningful gripe,
11In almost fifty years.
12But if you’re planning revolution,
13You’ve got to give it some thought,
14And know what it is you intend to build,
15After you’ve bulldozed the lot.
16But thinking was too hard to do,
17And learning was out of the question.
18So they knocked it all down in a fit of pique,
19And then quit just as if they’d lost.
20But maybe they’d won what they really sought,
21A note from their mother that said they had tried,
22And were free for the rest of their lives,
23To let it all slide,
24And take what they wanted,
25Now that the builders had died.
26So at present they live off the fat of a land,
27Which fades more than a little each day,
28Sapped by the indolent, selfish hordes,
29Who plighted their troth to the Boomer Way.
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