EXCUSE ME, WHAT TIME IS IT?

When did “The Wave” replace the picket line?
When did malls replace cathedrals?
When did ads replace poetry?
When did suburbs replace towns?
When did the “strip” replace Main Street?
When did robots replace workers?
When did shopping replace gardening?
When did ozone replace fresh air?
When did TV replace Tolstoy?
When did condo's replace neighborhoods?
When did aerobics replace hiking?
When did love for animals replace love for people?
When did the homeless replace hobo's?
When did sports replace the news?

Excuse me, what time is it?
I'm running a little slow.


September 23, 1991

 


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