Making War, Not Love

JKF and his old lady were trend setters,
And many people wrote them fan letters.
Jackie O. was a fox,
And did not seem to have any flaws.
Many believed that Kennedy was boss,
When he was murdered it was such a loss.
When three others died like him everyone was in the pits,
But for their civil rights they did not want to call it quits.
The government officials did not like all the immigration,
Who knew that they would make a legislation.
People felt the government was misleading,
And that they were trying to be deceiving.
For those who fought in the Vietnam War people wanted them to bug out
Because no one thought that what they were fighting for was far out.
Some tried to dodge the draft,
Because they did not want to be lost in the past.
There was tension between the Doves and Hawks,
With all their opinions and biased talk.
We may have had hip time with the British Invasion,
But that did not stop people from liking music from the Temptations.
There was a lot of drug use,
Which ended up being a lot of drug abuse.
People did not know how much LSD would take,
And that was their biggest mistake.
Those square hippies using drugs and needles,
While preaching about peace and listening to the Beatles.
Who knew that that free love would end in divorce,
But no one thought about it when they were having intercourse.
At the same time the U.S was partaking in the Space Race,
But we did not realize we’d fall flat on our face.
Even with nonviolent protesters marching in Washington,
Did not help with the Defacto or Dejure segregation.
The T.V became a window for the world to see,
The fight within our country for civil rights and the African Americans trying to break free.
We lost a battle at the Bay of Pigs,
But we did not flip our wig.
We thought that Fidel Castro was Hairy,
But never saw him as scary.
After watching the Kennedy- Nixon debate,
We saw that for Nixon it was much too late.
What we saw on T.V was the war before our eyes,
I did not expect my mama to cry.

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This poem is about the 60s and significant events that have happened during that time period.

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