if you’re going to San Francisco... 

       how a song pulls images into memory      

       releases them when played again:

       a ten year old and his family

       on their way to Expo 67

       Scott McKenzie dominating transistor air waves

       be sure to wear...

       imagine a world without

       cell phones - bank cards – microwave ovens –

       PCs - video games – DVDs -

       color TV barely in existence

       Captain Kirk, young - Laugh In - Lost In Space – Bewitched -

       Dean Martin - John Wayne and Lennon, Harrison alive

       Beatles still together

       some flowers in your hair...

       with the monster, progress

       ceaselessly clawing at my door

       I no longer laugh at my father

       when he reminisces about the thirties

       you’re going to meet some gentle people there...

                                                          © 1998 Chris Sorrenti (with later revisions)