gen x blues
nostalgia rules
an iron roost
king cockwalk shoes
underage booze
dusty concrete hardtack
rubble and ruin bric-a-brac
horizon sieves with no holes
wrappa raincoat ‘round
it wets and dries
like bogs and pies
michael’s sparkly sequined glove
pepsi
blaze on!
the lost boys coreys
unfound battened whore’sies
tom cruise before he was TOM CRUISE
taps it’s beautiful man?
is it?
sizzling tongue binaca drops
plasticized ring pops
freshen up splash big league chewy
bazooka black cow mary jane kablooey
putty so silly and slime green chilly
playdough and slinkies and galaxy billy
coke bottles gummy gum gum
lifesavers buttery rum rum
clove cigarettes djarum dandy
aunt missy’s apricot brandy
brick weed seeds stems bag of dimes
psilocybin purple majesty chimes
ecstasy’s designer druggie
silver bullet bladdery muggy
dusty necco wafers chalk and blackboard
saint elmo’s andie macdowell curls toward
new york seltzer all done drank
…tianemen square’s tank
totinos pizza roll micro waves
dogtag metals commodore macro saves
aspen slice tab fresco rc cola bubble yup fructose pull tab madness
outsider ponyboy’s gold
highlander kurgen untold
and wax on wax off
and brandon tartikoff
sit ubu sit
good dawg
big heaping bowls
of cap’n crunch
bleeding roof of mouth
saturday morning cartoons
scooby meddling kids
and the panther of pink
land lost cheese
our h r pufnstuff
your next hufflepuff
smurfette blue
and wile e. acme
and zan and jayna wonder twins
activate
feety pajamas floppity flop pad pad
nineteen seventy-seven lucas lightsaber luscious
sweaty bloated late career elvis giving up the ghost
to an argentinian ex-patriot club
with hitler and morrison and hoffa
one happy familia
undead memories as effervescent sapphires
and luffa black obsidians
volcanic
roots rattled white bedrock
built on bloodied backs
swede sweet abba’s dancing queen
annie hall checked into hotel california
clipped yawking eagles and mensches
burt and sally firebird trans am bandit highest hozanas
and duvall’s kilgore charlie don’t surf
and the warriors’ piece of turf
coney island
especially in the morning
oh yeah reagan reagan and more reagan
all reagan all the time the communicator bub
bub bedtime for bonzo
kismet and ‘chismo go a long
long way
lipsticked ballot boxes
tear this wall down mister gorby
mac mac oh-gee origins of apple
they came to rule the world apple
juicy
granny smith crisp
apple see apple do
aids the great equalizer
amateur apocalypse chernobyl
cousin three mile island
twice removed unca exxon valdez
space shuttle challenger too live nasa feed
right before our very very eyes
macaullife just a social studies teacher for chrissakes
a beatle peace assassinated
didn’t give it a chance
the us olympic hockey team russian ice ice baybee
showtime yellow lakers and dynasty gold niners
legacy rings balls all night
superbowl shuffle peyton the greatest of all time
the hell is Jim McMahon
da bears
ash of the mount saint helen’s
boom
who cares who shot j.r
thank you pappy tube
princess di and pope jay pee two
red dawn charlie
breakfast club emilio
young guns kiefer dockity scurlock
mcfly stainless steel deloreans family tied
who don’t love a fox
Fuck Parkinson’s
star trek the next generation picard whiz
but kirk’s still shiz
pong atari 2600 cartridge pariah bloodshot eyes
wack pacman mack like crack
wackawackawacka
quarter play this damone!
pizza parlor arcades seventh ray dark wood booths
jordache jeans and dolphin shorts eighties asses reign royale
rainbow cones of astro pops
and pouches of glitching pop rocks
and apple cinnamon pop tarts
and casey kasem pop charts
and jello pudding pops
alas poor cosby
we knew him not
weasels go pop
poppa!
mc-ribs and hot pockets and fastest foods
aha AHA! take on me brothers and sisters take on me
penny loafers
with dimes in the tab
instead of pennies
why?
turned up collars and ralph lauren and pastel real
boy oh boy pink and teal
aquamarine
ghostly machine
totally rad
like for sure
omigod
tubular
awesome
new wave big wave dave
ocasek candyo
and the luuuuuuuuuuuuuv boat
donna loni heather farrah morgan
age of aquanet blonde
jane fonda commie dissident jazzmatazz
rocky horror it’s just a jump to the left
madonna unlike a virgin black chantilly lace
prince purpling rain heart of ace
in n’ out drive-thrus animal style thousand island wang-tangy
diane rebecca it’s a well known fact NORM!
cheery
hair metal motley poisoned roses boogaloid glam
4-h green and white dressies at the county fair
adolescent pheromones skunky and musty
in steer barn cattle chute
and sawdust lamb pens
and ornery chicken coops
flipping zippers and spinning himalayas and spidery octopi
crackle shot glitz of balloons and bb guns and barney carnies
and paper stars and goldfish bowls of hoke
cheap mirrors destined for dorms and coke
flashing midway the beating bleeding heart Americana
the finale episode of m*a*s*h where we cried
you did too
yes you did
the ghostbusting egon and the gremlins cute
boingo’s lad and porizkova swimsuit
knight rider miami vice leather and tan
disco duck and rubber duck kristofferson jam
quack quack
watergate nixon bad bad leroy brown
diana ross ease on down
and super black sabbath funerals electric
damn straight a bat tantric
or was it a dove
pigs of peace make war not love
floyd’s the wall sure you bet you ‘shroomed
‘course you did
the clash and hamburger helper and sizzler salad bar
extra cheese toast
rumble in the jungle and a peanut farmer and gas lines
your dad cussing out whoever tens and nines
ford’s pardon and yes more viet nam
and then more viet nam
and then even more viet nam
a giving war
college prep this
and blue collar that
melted pot burnt skim gravy
cowboy capitalism red red scare crazy
iran contra ollie ollie oxen free so slow
kool-aid guyana oh yeah oh no
bloom county beaky opus
spaceman spiff tiggery hobbes
sparky peanuts
pet cemetery stand tall sai king
fearful, loathing
mescaline choking
thompson madcap nightcap
judy blume margaret not sure
if He’s there
barbara streisand yentess and erik estrada pearly whites
covenant larks and paper blossom kites
million thousand landfill cubes of rubik
thumping eight track tape so warm vinyl groove cherubic
red white black guitar of eddie
van fucking halen frankenstripe
stretchy rainbow suspenders of robin williams
the GOAT hype
last lost archaeology
of generation x
so help us gods.
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