The Red Bad of Discourage

I wrote this a couple of years ago.  I might have been feeling just a tad snarky at the time...

The Red Bad of Discourage

Is it a badge of honor for you
to go on as you do
about the merits of the past?
We used to…
      and we would…

Exhale on that medal,
polish it with your sleeve,
tell me how disgraceful
this generation – my generation -
has become. Tell me
how wonderful you were.