Ain'T No Hoop and Stick

Whenever the grandchildren visit us you can see how they turn their heads and cringe If we should start talking about the games that we were forced to play with way back when They roll their eyes at each other and laugh anytime we talk about how it was When even the newest tech of our time was only able to click, whirl and buzz I told them, “Well ok smarty britches, got anything better to offer me” They opened a box of glasses and gloves this is the latest gramps, it’s called 3D My grandson stuck it on his head and hands began to jump and prance around a bit Swinging his arms and kicking both his feet like he was having a conniption fit When I told them I didn’t understand what it was that he was trying to do They said let us cast it to the TV then you can follow along with him too The TV pops up this high mountain scene and he was just hanging there from a cliff About a thousand feet above a blue lake only his hands to use to climb up with I can tell you now, that just by watching I was already nearly out of breath But when they finally convinced me to try I won’t lie, pert near scared me half to death Sure glad I didn’t have this contraption way back then when I was a little tyke Or I’d never learned to play tic-tac-toe hide and seek, freeze tag or ride my bike It’s no wonder kids are glued to their screens whenever I see them walking today because they got all these here fancy doo dads and they are so gosh darn much fun to play