Old Days

Poet: Ken Jordan Poem: Old Days Edited by: Sparkle Jordan written: July/2013 In the old days when smiles  on faces  were common -  folk would look you in the eye  with honor - Kids were taught  to always respect they're elders - And every mother and father in the  neighborhood,  would correct you when you did wrong - Back then, life seemed so simple - In these old days, people helped one another - If you ran a little short, and  needed a nickel, folk would give you a dime - Kids could run to the corner store, and buy two cream filled cookies for a penny - Inflation was, the pushup ice cream for a nickel - Old folks would set around, and talk about  they remember when  a loaf of bread was a dime - It was a simple life in the old days - Watermelon man, Use to drive down the dirt road yelling, w a t e r m e lon's!! three for a dollar! w a t e r m e lon's!! three for a dollar! And mama would  send you  across the train tracks, to the fruit and  vegetable  stand, to buy  collard greens costing ten cent a bunch - Big mama would be in the kitchen, snapping  green beans and shucking corn - Those old days are gone now, But the memory's will stand through time -