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Unknown Close your eyes.....And go back.... Before the Internet or the MAC, Before semi automatics and crack Before SEGA or Super Nintendo Way back........ I'm talkin' bout hide-and-go-seek at dusk. Sittin' on the porch, Hot bread and butter. The Good Humor man, Red light, Green light. Chocolate milk, Lunch tickets, Penny candy in a brown paper bag. Hopscotch, butterscotch, doubledutch Jacks, kickball, dodgeball, y'all! Mother May I? Hula Hoops and Sunflower Seeds, Jolly Ranchers, Banana Splits Wax Lips and Mustaches Running through the sprinkler The smell of the sun and lickin' salty lips.... Wait...... Watchin' Saturday Morning cartoons, Road Runner, The Three Stooges, and Bugs, Catchin' lightening bugs in a jar, Playin' sling shot. When around the corner seemed far away, And going downtown seemed like going somewhere. Bedtime, Climbing trees, An ice cream cone on a warm summer night Chocolate or vanilla or strawberry or maybe butter pecan A lemon coke from the fountain at the corner drug store Cops and Robbers, Cowboys and Indians, Sittin' on the curb, Jumpin' down the steps, Jumpin' on the bed. Pillow fights Runnin' till you were out of breath Laughing so hard that your stomach hurt Being tired from playin'.... Remember that? I ain't finished just yet... When there were two types of sneakers for girls and boys (Keds & PF Flyers) and the only time you wore them at school, was for "gym." When it took five minutes for the TV to warm up, if you even had one. When nearly everyone's mom was at home when the kids got there. When nobody owned a purebred dog. When a quarter was a decent allowance, and another quarter a miracle. When your Mom wore nylons that came in two pieces. When all of your male teachers wore neckties and female teachers had their hair done, everyday. When you got your windshield cleaned, oil checked, and gas pumped, without asking, for free, every time. And, you didn't pay for air. And, you got trading stamps to boot! When laundry detergent had free glasses, dishes or towels hidden inside the box. When any parent could discipline any kid, or feed him or use him to carry groceries, and nobody, not even the kid, thought a thing of it. When it was considered a great privilege to be taken out to dinner at a real restaurant with your parents. When being sent to the principal's office was nothing compared to the fate that awaited a misbehaving student at home. Didn't that feel good.. just to go back and say, Yeah, I remember that! |