The Roaring Twenties were a fascinating time. Among the lessons to be learned was that a woman could do and be more than they had been allowed until then, vice and other personal choices could not be controlled and that gangster could become folk heroes.
Lessons From the Roaring Twenties by Michael Doyle Life can be short in its measure The impetus behind being given to pleasure Women came into the Twenties roaring Libertine and dynamically soul soaring Wondering a bit why it's called history As though only men have known the glory Women have always been right there all along Though sometimes shunted to the shadows grown long Barrier breakers leaping headlong into action Determinately all they could be to their satisfaction Wars such as World War I have a habit of changing life That greatly exceeds that horrific strife The Four Swallows had come to their roost In between giving J.B. Corn his unholy boost Necessity has always bred its invention Some of these defying society's stern convention There's a time travel to the business of history As each strand connects to the edges of mystery Taking life in small sips of French Seventy Five The Roaring Twenties were quite the time to be alive Life is often lived as a time of messy complexity No matter how much we wish for sheer simplicity Simultaneously repulsive and yet utterly fascinating With all of its layers busily inter-relating Remus' brain exploded into a boardwalk empire Where all of the best and some of the dregs conspire To set fire to that which constrains society Without even a second thought about notoriety History it seems can be more outlandish than fiction As proven time and again with its accurate depiction Whiskey pirates stole these harrowing, dog days Causing all the bootleggers to seek out better ways Prohibition came, destroyed and finally went In those times lived and perhaps ill spent But you cannot press draconian control of vice Without it coming back on us like a steely vise Booze and brains eventually won over brawn And saw these days through until these were gone Lawlessness was wrongly glorified in its height Until freedom of choice became again a liberating light (c) May 17, 2020 Michael Doyle All Rights Reserved
