Strikes and dismay gripped the land
Uncertainty fuelled by the stark and restraint bulletins
Homely focus provided by a bulky box
The entertainment centre, three options and off
Monochrome whilst some battle with garish magenta's and limes
Battered, hand me down board games, already in their death
throws
Detached from the realities of the crumbling economy
The young absorb every letter and action of the captions
Beano for the boys, Bunty for the girls
In a time when each knew their place in the cultural
fabric
Propaganda presses gushed aplenty in Dundee
Whilst rock and soul competed for the delinquents loyalties
And fashion tore at the stability of post-war Britishness
and reserve
Stripped, like the vomit inducing floral emblem wall
coverings, the 70’s.
In response to a @boinkaz challenge 22/10/2012
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