Stanley Kubrick for Look Magazine, 1949
Match flame to black and white,
young bodies exhaled 50’s morality
into the brooding gray of rebellion.
Tight skirts, tight sweaters rode curves
to crash into the heat of broad shouldered lust
and answered questions unasked in Sunday school.
Youth rocked mom and dad’s world with voices
that rose above the noise of fire and brimstone
to announce life had a new set of rules.
©Susie Clevenger 2013
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Comments
Hank
Would you care to go back in time to those newly emerging rules? If only they knew....
Exceptionally well condensed into a handful of lines.
@Michael, thank you so much.
@Aidz, thanks!
@anthony, thanks so much!
@Hank, sometimes that road is full of potholes. Thanks!
@LaToya, Thanks!
@VaNdAnA...thanks
@Brian, Thanks so much! My mom especially didn't like the rule change...lol
@Aprille, thank you. I wonder if we could go back with what we know now would we be able to keep our mouths quiet and let them learn on their own. :)
@Tess, thanks!
@Abin, thank you so much!
@Helen, thanks. I didn't go to Sunday school, but I know my thoughts would have been biblical...well, not the kind my teacher would have approved. :)
@Mary, thanks. I am sure they do!
@Susan, thank you. It certainly was!
@Jinksy, thank you!
@Fireblossom, I agree..lol
@Patricia, thanks!
@Sherry, I know. It was a wild ride in the 60's and 70's!
Yes, you captured the dance of youth the only thing that changes is the backdrop!
Wonderful to read!
@Ella, Thanks!
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