A DECADE EARLIER?

 I wonder what if I was born a decade earlier. I probably would be acquainted with Jack Kerouac's classic, On The Road. I would been immersed with the jazz and folk scene. Possibly frequent all the coffee shops 👂 listening to and reciting poetry.

Alas, I entered the world a decade later. In my youth, folk had given way to rock. Kerouac was near the end of the road. Protest as against the Vietnam War were at a climax. 

I can only write about my time period that am living in. I love listening to stories of folks who came before me. There's an interconnectedness between writing periods. ✍  I try to make them my own to see where it may lead. I've written a number of poems and stories doing this.

I am in the era that I'm suppose to be.