But protesting isn't over. Some of us march for the Right to Life. Some for equal rights. And farmers block the streets with tractorcades. Long dresses and pantsuits replace miniskirts and hot pants.
Polyester spreads like kudzu.
Hair gets bushier. Sideburns get longer. Kids stop getting smallpox shots. And adults line up for swine flu vaccinations to prevent an epidemic that never happens. But on our eight-tracks, Merle Haggard promises that things will be OK, if we can make it through December.