Remember Poem by Richard Netherland Cook

Remember

Catching lightening bugs in a jar,
Window fan,
Kick-the-can,
James Dean. the movie star.

Music on the juke box,
Amos and Andy,
Jaw breaker candy,
Poodle skirts and bobbie sox.

Roller skates with keys,
Rabbit ears,
High School years,
Parking with your main squeeze.

Milkshakes at Soda Shops,
Midnight shows,
Major Bows,
Drive-in carhops.

Fibber McGee and Molly,
Party lines,
Five and Dimes,
Riding on a trolley.

'Calling all Cars',
Pet rocks,
Sock hops,
Pin-up movie stars.

The old town square,
Rock and Roll,
Nat King Cole,
Fiestaware.

Girls playing 'Jacks',
Hulla Hoops,
Two door coupes,
Listening to eight-tracks.

Going to a Drive-in Movie,
Pink shirts,
Elvis concerts,
Dating someone groovy.

Kilroy was here,
Cherry Cokes,
Knock-Knock jokes,
Falstaff beer.

Saturday movie Matinee,
Red rover, red rover,
Four leaf clover,
Movie star Doris Day.

Sitting in a beanbag chair,
'Baby Snooks',
Little Big Books,
Boys with ducktail hair.

Loaf of bread,14 cents,
Johnny Ray,
Photoplay,
American Civil Defense.

Steam engine clickety-clacks,
Cashmere,
XXX Root Beer,
Collecting Knickknacks.

Sweather sets and girls who swoon,
'Sky King',
Life magazine,
Dancing to Pat Boone.

'Hide and go seek',
'Buck Rogers',
Brooklyn Dodgers,
Men who streak.

45 records and marbles too,
Clark Gable,
Betty Grable,
Buddy Holley and 'Peggy Sue'.

Penny loafer shoes,
UFO's,
'The Shadow Knows',
Going steady too.

Richard Netherland Cook