There are no hippies anymore
no more longhairs out to settle
the score
young innocence radiating peace from the core
for the
old hippies can be such a bore
their tattered lifestyle a subject
of scorn
ideals reduced to marketing porn
citing moral
bankruptcy as part of the norm
a reason to become reborn.
There are no hippies here
they are all masking themselves in
fear
behind keyboards while sipping an imported beer
trusting
their fingers to eloquently shed an electronic tear
or maybe they
have taken to sport
not just golf but a matter of court
they
point to the street when it's time to report
as if black asphalt
is a proper retort.
There's not much left to the lore
told on a fault block ridge
that tore
judgment asunder in an effort to restore
the faith of
those hippies who
aren't around here
anymore.
