Sixty-Four Forevermore

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My hope for the graduates of this year is that they have such memories to look back on fifty-four years from now.

Sixty-four Forevermore
By Franklin Price
6/4/2018

Sixty-four forevermore
This month it has been fifty-four
In cap and gown walked down the aisle
The memories still make me smile

Many together all the years
From one through twelve from milk to beers
Sometimes bad but mostly good
Day to day lived as we should

No air condition in the school
To skip a day was sometimes cool
The beach was calling out our name
To not be caught part of the game

On week-end nights a drive-in show
To watch or not you never know 
With luck a date to share the scene
Sometimes distracted from the screen

We also met at the tastee-freeze
Or the A&W to shoot the breeze
To see each other and be seen
The dining drive-in had no screen

Spoke to each other face to face
While snacking at a drive-in place
No cell phones then to help our fate
We did not text to find a date

Those were the days at least I think
To friends from then I raise my drink
I toast you all to end this rhyme
Those days I think a better time

Copyright © | Year Posted 2018



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Date: 6/5/2018 6:26:00 AM
Indeed it has Daniel. Thanks for visiting and commenting
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Date: 6/4/2018 12:17:00 PM
I agree, Franklin. I love your nostalgic poem. It does make me a little sad. So many changes. What used to be simple and fun has passed into lore.
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