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Remember the Time (Life Poem)

Remember when you were small and the world was tall
Summers were golden bright but TV was black and white
Ice cream simplicity came in lickable white vanilla bliss
You walked to school and played carefree in the street.

Remember when the 60’s happened to someone else
Stones and stoned manifestation of bad and desirable
Fast food and rock and roll and blonde haired first love
Cool long-haired sexy virginal vamps in bellbottoms.

Remember when a careless night was month of fear
Condomless heavy guilt and celibacy petting promises
Student rebellion in late night political parties
Naïve realization of youth slipping into maturity.

Remember when everyone was poor and grey
Housekeeping was a budgetary skill now unknown
Pub with friend with £5 for two everlasting beers
Mortgaged miserable and manacled in poverty trap.

Remember when the good times started to roll
Mercs and perks and money for nothing
Deprived without ten vacations per year
Belt tightening economies now a dieting desire.

Remember lets you touch time again.

poem by Ian Beckett
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