Jennifer Egan: "Sembilan belas delapan puluh hampir tiba, terima kasih...

"Sembilan belas delapan puluh hampir tiba, terima kasih Tuhan. para hippi semakin tua, mereka menghancurkan otak mereka dengan asam dan sekarang mereka mengemis di sudut-sudut jalan di seluruh San Francisco. Rambut mereka kusut dan kaki telanjang mereka tebal dan abu-abu sebagai sepatu. Kami muak dengan mereka."

--- Jennifer Egan

Versi Bahasa Inggris

Nineteen eighty is almost here, thank God. the hippies are getting old, they blew their brains on acid and now they're begging on street corners all over San Francisco. Their hair is tangled and their bare feet are thick and gray as shoes. We're sick of them.