Jane Neuberger Goodsell (1968-1988) | American | PUBLISHED: About 1970
Remember when HIPPIE meant big in the hips,
And a TRIP involved travel in cars, planes, and ships?
When POT was a vessel for cooking things in,
And HOOKED was what Grandmother's rug might have been?
When FIX was a verb that meant mend or repair,
And BE-IN meant simply existing somewhere?
When NEAT meant well-organized, tidy and clean,
And GRASS was a ground cover, normally green?
When lights and not people were switched ON and OFF,
And the PILL might have been what you took for a cough?
When CAMP meant to quarter outdoors in a tent,
And POP was what the weasel went?
When GROOVY mean furrowed with channels and hollows,
And BIRDS were winged creatures, like robins and swallows?
When FUZZ was a substance that's fluffy like lint,
And BREAD came from bakeries, not from the mint?
When SQUARE meant a 90-degree angled form,
And COOL was a temperature not quite warm?
When ROLL meant a bun, and ROCK was a stone,
And HANG-UP was something you did to the phone?
When CHICKEN meant poultry, and BAG meant a sack,
And JUNK trashy cast-offs and old bric-a-brac?
When JAM was preserves that you spread on your bread,
And CRAZY mean balmy, not right in the head?
When CAT was a feline, a kitten grown up,
And TEA was a liquid you drank from a cup?
And PAD was a soft sort of cushing thing,
When a SWINGER was someone who swung from a swing?
When WAY OUT mean distant and far, far away,
And a man couldn't sue you for calling him GAY?
When DIG meant to shovel and spade in the dirt,
And PUT-ON was what you would do with your shirt?
When TOUGH described meat too unyielding to chew,
And MAKING A SCENE was a rude thing to do?
Words once so sensible, sober and serious
Are making the FREAK OUT SCENE like PSYCHEDELIRIOUS.
It's GROOVY MAN, GROOVY, but English it's not,
Me thinks that the language has gone straight to pot!
Miscellaneous
The Pill: A gadget to be used in any conceivable circumstances
Female Scuba: Lady go diva.
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