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Oops a Daisy

"Eeny, meany, miney, moe" 
"We all fall down and go boom" 
"Oops a daisy" and "Shake a leg" 
And my favourite, "Silly baboon" 

Heard 'em all a million times 
Oh to go back to those days 
Just to experience the fun again 
The simple games we played 

Not a solitary care in the world 
We'd come in for lunch and dinner 
Then off we'd go exploring again 
After all, we were just beginners 

Experiencing things every day 
Like skipping rocks on the pond 
The joys of the world around us 
It was like waving a magic wand 

Too bad we all have to grow up 
Do serious adult like things 
I'd much rather travel back in time 
And jump and skip and sing

© Jack Ellison 2014

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Paul Callus

Date: 8/6/2014 5:13:00 PM

I think I'll travel back in time with you Jack! Never will today's children enjoy life like we lived it. Those days will never come back. The richer we get, the poorer we'll become. Have a nice day my friend. // paul

Jan Allison

Date: 8/6/2014 4:59:00 PM

Sadly Jack its now click click click on computer games - no wonder children's health is affected because they rarely see the light of day. So glad I grew up when i did and not now :-) Hugs jan xxx

Carol Eastman

Date: 8/6/2014 10:03:00 AM

Found out why Dragon was watching TV instead of going to the store. He discovered something New, to him. Seems there's a purple Dinosaur named Barney on TV... (I thought he was gone years ago.) And Dragon is jealous with a capital J. He has purple Dinosaur envy. Yes, he wants to be on TV TOO! It's not enough that he's been in the Plays in the park, in my poems. And of course, he wants it now!... What is that you say about childhood being so care free? You didn't have a Dragon... Did you? LOL...