Working on "The Great American Essay"

You know, I am thinking about all my younger friends who have only known a country run by "old thinkers."
Old faces.
"Old good-ol'-boys." (LITERALLY)

In the media, on the other hand,

as I was growing up, at least when I was quite young...

we saw so many other young faces, lit with idealism! We sang about social justice...Finally, we have a President who resonates with those of us who had, at least when we were quite young ourselves, "young" "fresh" thinkers, with minds turned thoughtfully and enthusiastically towards the future.



It's gotta make a difference.

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BACKSTORY:

On August 28, I posted:

" Kennedy's passing has awakened a need in me to write a serious essay about America, the land I have sung about, loved, anguished over, and studied, since -- literally -- childhood. And again, mostly...sung about. In all its colors. The work begins..."

So,
I'll be dropping bits here and there as I think about this....