Zeirgeist

Zeitgeist - My 1960s - Liz Walsh Kaftans, mini-skirts, Carnaby Street fashions. Angel Delight, Hirondelle wine and that sheepskin rug. "The price of round steak on a Saturday" while Magdalen Laundries kept dark, dark secrets! Nylon socks, Cuban heeled boots, body odour - "it's always the girl's fault - she led him on!- Button-down collars, civil Rights Marches, Suspender belts old fashioned, false eye-lashes black - Excitment, tights, "parents afraid of the new". Stilletto heels crucifying, Rosary beads grumbling - "Oh Sacred Heart of Jesus I place all my trust in thee" Hamburgers, Fleetwood Mac, Anoraks - guilty! remember Archbishop McQuaid! Bishop Lucey bullying Father Good! "Wimpey Take-away" - meet a fella - womans lib! Vietnam War, Albert Hall and Wilson Pickett. "Would you kiss a boy on the first date? Drip dry nylon, Dickie Rock gyrating "Plastics are the future” the graduate said. "Would you take the pill?" Tayto crisps - "cheese and onion" munching in the dark. Che Guevara, Mao Tse Tung and that little red book In an empire line dress. Church domination, contraception and major cigarettes "Back-combing" Vesta Curries and a packet of smash Maxi, mini, midi-dresses - pan-stick Mary Quant, Twiggy and the Film Society party. Flirting innocently, terrified hope - guilt ridden thoughts. Surges of males, females standing Eyes scanning, high pitched laughing "Would you like to dance?" Free love, flower power, heart thumping Expensive shoes, a relic of St. Imelda and a chain-store dress - "She will only get married” Miss Brigid Hayes said! Afraid of the future, afraid of corruption Brain exploding - ALL MIXED UP -