A Look Back, a Look Ahead

French was the international language Brittania ruled the waves Sears-Roebuck a retail behemoth American Indians still called braves China an enigma wrapped in a riddle The U.S. in a major depression Germany'd elected a bar-room brawler A dangerous, goose-stepping hessian... Looking back, it's quite surreal Looking ahead, hard to get a feel Don't know if it's all real or illusion ~ Or ends from the fallout of nuclear fusion