or what passes for popular music or what words
are okay to use on television that used to be
considered crude, rude, socially unacceptable.
The difference can be seen in something as trivial as this:
My mother used cold cream out of a
substantial glass jar to clean her face,
and washcloths. I use the same disposable
make-up wipe for days,
stuffing it back into its plastic container to stay moist,
while today's teenager uses four or five at a time,
strewing them around her room like bread crumbs
leading the way back to her make-up in case she gets lost,
until the wicked step(grand)mother makes her throw
them in the trash can six inches away.
(c)Ellen Gillette, 2012
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