Nostalgia

When I die
Please bury me in nostalgia:
The 80s in all their charm
And the idiocy of the 90s
Give me some never ending stories
And controversial Madonna concerts
Feed me pesticides 
And fast food 
And leave trolls at my gravesite
Dress me in leather
The kind that vegans hate
But hey - it is the past
And vegans have their future anyways 
Let me have nostalgia 
Of days before the world vanished 
Before the nothing took over 
And killed our hopes and dreams 
Before the world war
And astronomical gas prices
And one little virus 
That united us all 
And divided us all
Before the death of rock and roll
And the radio 
And romcoms in the movie theatre
Let me have the world before superheroes
And villains 
Just Wall Street 
And nasty racism
And cold wars
Before climate change 
Made them all meaningless
Made us all meaningless
When I die
Please bury me in nostalgia 
And keep me there 
So old men can sexually harass me
Call me sweetie, honey, sugar
And no me too to cancel them yet 
And keep me there
At the age of innocence
Before it all fell apart
Or some would say 
Before we all came together 
To mend the pieces of our broken hearts 
And build a global world 
Where pain has to hurt before it can heal.
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