If anything, this life has taught me the more things change, the more they remain the same.
A Rift in Harmony
The buzz of tonight's open air concert
recalls the long ago shiver of Woodstock
glimpsed from a half a continent away.
Music and images from a rolling screen
mingled with the sounds of a newborn,
the misgivings of her young Republican father.
Snatches of "White Rabbit" and "Pinball Wizard,"
the psychedelic rock of Jimi Hendrix
and his "Star Spangled Banner" rode the airwaves,
backdrop for Vietnam and Civil Rights.
Generational tsunamis on the coasts but a reason
for channel changing in our heartland apartment.
Marilyn Aschoff Mellor
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