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I Remember
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Life Expressions Volume II I remember
Milk delivered in quart jars
to our front step
I remember
Watching Crusader Rabbit and Rags,
Captain Kangaroo and Mr. Greenjeans
On a black and white Dumont TV.
I remember
Warming water on the stove
so us kids could take a bath.
I remember
Taking a quarter to school to collect stamps
to get a Savings Bond.
I remember,
Hunting pop bottles with a girl friend
for the 1 or 2 cent deposit so we could split a Fudgecicle
I remember,
Cokes for a nickel served in small bottles
That you got from a chest with bars that held
The bottles to prevent them from being stolen.
I remember,
Cigarettes for 25 cents a pack
I remember
Gas wars where we pumped gas for 17.9 cents a gallon
and kerosene for 18.9.
I remember
When it wasn’t a gas station,
But was a service station
Where you got your windows washed,
Oil and fan belts checked, tires filled with air
and your car vacuumed.
I remember
Top Value stamps and S&H Green stamps that mom would fill books with
To trade for an electric iron.
I remember
When my girl friends and buddies could walk miles
To Dream Lake to swim and not worry about being abducted.
I remember
Diving under desks during Atomic Bomb attack drills during the cold war.
I remember
Watching, waiting, and holding our breaths, as Kennedy stood eye-to-eye
with Krushev, the Russian Bear, over Missiles in Cuba, and the bear blinked first.
I remember
The horror’s of the Viet Nam War.
The beatniks, peaceniks, and hippies.
I remember,
Watching with pride as the 1st man walked on the moon.
I remember
Pan Am and the Super Constellation Air Plane, to planes
that fly higher and faster than ever imagined.
I remember
As two great towers, with thousands of innocents were destroyed
By terrorists and the start of a war that may have no end.
I remember
When this nation was a God fearing nation.
I remember.
In my years I have seen history made
And Dr. King’s “Dream” start to take root and grow.
I grimace in pain as our nation takes every chance,
out of political correctness, to move away from
the God of our founding fathers as they interpret
the constitution’s “Freedom of Religion” to mean
“No religion”.
As a christian, it is time for the silent majority to say,
“Enough!” Our country was founded on christian
Principles and those who are non belivers in God,
Allah, or whatever name you wish to give our creator,
You have one freedom, most around the world, do not have.
You have the right to leave and find a place that
Also does not believe in a God or the hereafter.
I choose to believe in a God that loves me enough
to allow his son to come into the world as a sacrafice
for our sins that we may be forgiven.
But let me say this, “Even though you don’t believe,
God Loves you.”
Freedom is an illusion. There are limits.
In a democracy, those limits are defined by the majority,
and it is time for the majority to put their foot down
to stop the tail from wagging the dog. It is time
to let our voices be heard or the very freedom
that we cherish will be lost forever.
AUTHOR'S COMMENTS:
I apologize if I have offended anyone. For some odd reason, I felt moved to write this message. God Bless you all.
By huck hickson
