Back in my day We didn't pay for cable We just watched three channels plus PBS I went to three movies when I was little Every Which Way But Loose, Herbie Rides Again, and E.T. I played pong and payed a quarter for playing Ms. Pacman I bowled three games, a soda, Combos, and two video games for $5.00 I had Carter and Reagan as my presidents Carter was a good man and Reagan was really bad I had home cooked meals made in bulk which I ate for days I ate my cereal sitting on the floor so I could watch cartoons Bugs Bunny, Speedy Gonzoles, Smurfs, and Pacman As well as many other cartoons They had educational cartoons between regular cartoons My favorite song was the number three and then interjection I went fishing every summer and went to Arkansas around Easter I believed Bigfoot lived around me and Loc Ness was real The Easter Bunny and Santa Claus were real too As well as ghosts One lived in a house my sister was scared out of around 1982 Life was much simpler then and the music was great Really really great!
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Posted: Apr 2017
About this poem:
Just thinking back to when I was younger. It has been 37 years since those days and I guess each time period has its pluses and minuses. My big minus is going to work. My big minus back then was going to school.