The Revolution Of 68

By Jack Joseph Smith

L.A. was as easy as a movie We just visualized and aquired the speech in the language of painting Also drank jugs of red wine in canning jars and Brandy glasses Placed Osly Acid on our tongues And smoked everything except cocaine It didn't belong with the revolution It was accepted at the Country Club where they sniffed it

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AI Interpretation

GPT

The poem recalls L.A., painting, wine and acid, excluding cocaine from the revolution and placing it at a Country Club.

The recollection distinguishes social worlds through their substances and ways of living. Its Osly Acid spelling is kept without supplying a different name.

Claude

The poem recalls that 'L.A. was as easy as a movie', with 'jugs of red wine / in canning jars', 'Osly Acid / on our tongues' and smoking 'everything / except cocaine', which 'didn't belong / with the revolution' because 'It was accepted / at the Country Club'.

A flat, deadpan list lets the details carry the attitude, and the punchline draws a class line through the choice of drugs. 'Osly' is kept as typed.