We wear the clothes of our time and place

and cut our hair and shave or not

very much as others do.

We eat the food of our time and place,

romanticise some holiday spot

for something to look forward to.

We watch the films of our time and place,

TV soaps and murder plots

to note the tell-tale killer clue.

We think the thoughts of our time and place

imbibing those acquired by lot

from birth to form our point of view.

As times and places change, no wonder

normality's no longer what

it used to be but something new.