Intermission 1972

When the women would powder their noses
And the men would go water the roses
Cigarettes were smoked many years ago
Recollection inspires an old dance move
That makes everyone laugh
At the mad ways of yesteryear.
You dance as they did in funny clothes
The humor accentuated by contemporary settings
Of garb and garbled language
from a halcyon bygone era.
Parents become young again
Only to be ridiculed.
God bless them.
For being so amusing in their absence.