Once we believed our hip universal ideal
could challenge how you daily might feel
peace, love, musics high freedom vibe
would change the negative draining tide.
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I CONSIDER THIS A FANTASTIC POEM ITS AVAILABLE IN MY BOOK KIWI ROCK POEMS PUBLISHED BY AMAZON AND ON AMAZON KINDEL IT MAKES A GREAT READ.
I remember the hippie movement being popular in San Francisco and other places. It was a scene for drop-outs from middle-class society, who wanted something different. Your poem charts the moment well. Now the hippies have faded away and I guess you are only one who has had to adapt to conventional life. Memories remain.