A Dove In The Hand

[Elainemmbell at aol.com]

In a message dated 1/28/2003 1:40:19 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
henryssecularpeturbations at yahoo.com writes:

> but keep the baby boomers, no friend to man,
> far hence, for with is nails his dig up every flower
> and turn all the earth into a wasteland of pessimism. 
> 

Astonished and slightly wounded by this sentiment I adamantly reply:  keep us 
close, the aging-ageless, questioning-questing, authority-bullying&baiting 
Kennedy Children.  We are the first generation of modern times surprised in 
our innocence out of innocence, the last generation for whom "broken home" 
had any serious meaning, the first generation for whom not procreating was a 
scientifically and legally possible option; perhaps the last generation, 
despite much political disappointment, to insist on believing that American 
people, through millions of individual voices, can change the course of 
events; the generation for whom Reality Television was and is war.  Irony was 
not the only tone possible when we were growing up; some things were able to 
be taken seriously.  Growing up for many of us may still not be possible.  My 
glass of chilled Red Zinger raised on high to that!
Elaine M.M. Bell, Writer
(860) 523-9225
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