the uping of violence
was the trick that did them all
a cut from the out-takes
was sure to watch them fall
but after all the dramatics
some would remain firm and tall
citizens thought most to blame it on the weather
for why their children spiked their hair
and wore jackets of dead black leather
the classes they resided in
became useless in the gutter-punks' heaven
and so went on with pride
though it thought to have died
the spirit of '77