Monday, April 8, 2024

I was thinking today
ABOUT those 80s MOVIES 
the brat pack
the cliques
& I can't remember how I felt about them then
BUT 
how I FELT about the 80s

I thought REAGAN was 
LIKE 
the END of the WORLD 

AND
I REMEMBER reading 
in FIFTH ESTATE
about the crack
& the contras

I KNOW there were shiny happy people
in the MOVIES 
AND on TV
BUT 

CAROLYN FORCHE
was telling us about VISITING 
PRISONS in EL SALVADOR 

& I went to PVA
not my "zoned" school