Old Games of Life
Have you ever played pick up sticks?
Or just watched the rain and get bored
Is Jump rope gone forever or does?
Hop Scotch have new different rules
I guess some kids today are still
Playing hide and seek I can’t find them
Climbing a tree or building a tree house
Is out of the question they might get dirty
Trading football cards is now big business
We have taken it away from the kids
Hula-hoop does not spin around any more
Nor does the yo yo go down to the ground
Are ant farms now only found underground?
Is flag football dead in the parks?
Are all games now just checkmate and no one wins
Did we forget how to run through a sprinkler?
Or drink water out of a hose not from a bottle
Like babies do
Has life become living in a box never talking
My memories of yesteryear are fond
The memories of today will be gone
Disappearing games and fun the only memories they will have
Will be, I forgot how many gigs did it took to play
That game
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