Another World...
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| State Street, Madison, WI - late 1970's |
It was a place where you could find ice cream lovers on a street corner in February,
Where all the world could roller skate on disco dreams,
Where soft fuzzy sweaters, halter tops, and bell bottoms were life.
A Schwinn was a magic pony,
And if you didn't have a pony or it was too cold to ride,
The bus was your magic carpet.
Rock music was everywhere,
All new shiny icons.
It was safe, artistic, weird yet wonderful.
If you lived there, and had to leave, it became a rose-tinted Shangri-La that you'd been cast out of.
Life was lived on paper and dreams, yet it was in-person, and notifications were a nightmare no one had tried to sleep through.
A Peace, Love, and Rock and Roll sandwich with a heaping side of miss-you.
Madison in the 1970's was another world, man.
AquarianM
By: Daniel A. Stafford
(C) 03/14/2026