While Che Guevara was shot in Bolivia,
Siegfried Sassoon died in his bed,
the US bombed Hanoi,
Biafra declared independence,
Israel gained the Golan Heights,
a heart was transplanted in Cape Town,
the Beatles sang ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’,
the Supremes ‘Love is here and now you’re gone’,
the Cartwrights roamed the Ponderosa,
the Cookie Monster ‘Sesame Street’,
‘The Prisoner’ confounded,
‘Jackanory’ revolved,
‘The Naked Ape’ sold,
‘Rosemary’s Baby’ appalled,
the Abortion Act was passed,
Spurs won the Cup,
the National Front was formed,
the pound was devalued,
there was you.
By David Selzer