In Simple Black and White

THE FIFTIES WHEN MOST THINGS WERE SEEN AND HEARD IN SIMPLE BLACK AND WHITE WHEN FAMILIES HAD THREE CHILDREN ONE TV ONE BATHROOM ONE CAR ONE TELEPHONE AND WERE ONE IN SUMMERS WHEN ONE WAS HOT ALL OVER AND PEOPLE MADE LOVE IN POOLS OF PERSPIRATION TREADING WATER SURROUNDED BY THE HAPPY SOUNDS OF CHILDREN AND COMMUNITY TODAY ONLY THE FEW KNOW AND ACCEPT THAT IT IS BETTER TO LIVE IN THE SIMPLE LIFE OF ONE THAN TO TRY AND TAKE EVERYTHING IN IN ONE LARGE GULP NO ONE MOUTH OR STOMACH IS LARGE ENOUGH AND NO WCs CAN HOLD THE WASTE OF TODAY’S SOCIETY