The veneer that was the 50’s
Cracked open, broke decent pretense
A massive cultural mythology
Imposed by retired military-industrial-congressional complex
Reasons for the mask that suburbs looked like
Took a generation of activists to unmask
And uprise against the subordination of the feminine mystique
White-washed and express racial exclusion
From proximity, opportunity, drinking fountains
Pulling the covers off infidelity
Drunken suburban neighborhood house parties
Off-stage of Ozzie and Harriet and Donna Reed
Woodstock didn’t so much liberate
As unmask, dismantle dissemblance, crack the veneer
That wasn’t the 50’s
David Fekete 