You and I Didn’t Discover Polar Bears, or ‘Green’
Our parents were way ahead of us
I thought my parents were dull and old, and annoying,
because of the way they instinctively turned the lights
out in rooms they
weren’t in. They scolded us if we didn’t. And they kept the shades drawn to
keep the house cool in summer. And they hardly ever turned the TV on. And they
got National Geographic every month. It was always around.
We now think we’re discovering the North and
South Poles and polar bears. After decades of thinking Jack Nicholson and Mick Jagger
were the coolest guys, we’re suddenly walking around in hiking shoes with dark
socks on and being the gentle people.
As long as we’ve become our parents, we ought to read their
magazine.
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