My Hometown

Grew up in the sixties on Long Island, N.Y., where we had sidewalks, and where you could walk, to local stores, schools, or doctors, or just your neighbor for a talk… Summers went swimming, at the Village Green Pool, afterwards bought a Mr. Softee cone to help me stay cool, In the Fall went to Northside Elementary, then later Division Avenue High... and had to walk to school, there was no bus ride… Winters watched Ed Sullivan, with my family and dog, keeping an eye on the fire, and the smoldering logs… Went back for a visit, could see the change, with trees a lot taller, the houses with built on dormers, the taxes got a lot higher, Nassau County is to blame… Can you guess where I am from, my hometown was built in the late forties, for returning vets, by a man none other than, Mr. Levitt.