Joseph P. DiMino Poet Free verse

There Was a Time

There was a time when Movie
and Star went together: “Grand Old Flag”,
“Yankee Doodle Dandy” and so on. 
Hollywood, at the time, far less Commie – 
not entirely overrun by Political Bias, 
Social Snobbery. About the same time, 
a child lost or in trouble could safely approach
most any adult – every cop and fireman 
was Tom Mix and Ken Maynard combined…
and Abortion 
wasn't 
fashionable....

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Gershon Wolf September 6, 2020 at 10:51 AM Tom Mix. Wow. Hadn't thought of him for a long, long time... Hollywood back then even featured some actors who had been married for more than 72 hours! Imagine that! :) gw Joseph P. DiMino September 6, 2020 at 11:56 AM :) At least they seem to know and respect what was right, even if not always themselves behaving perfectly. We are human. Thank you Gershon.

Silent One September 2, 2020 at 2:09 PM Times change my friend.... But here to you Joe Di Maggio.... Joseph P. DiMino September 2, 2020 at 3:14 PM Sometimes even for the better. Thank you, Si. Have a great day!