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1951: JUNIOR HIGH

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The world at war
Religious fanatic kills Iran Premier
MacArthur says war may reach China
Happy Asian news: The King and I
Truman fires MacArthur in Korea
Not one of his better moves
While serving in Korea statues
MacArthur was well loved as a Savior
Margaret Truman in acting debut
Wars going on deaths all over the world
In my world it was discovering girls
They had not discovered me
Like teachers they found me dumb and stupid
The windows of our house still boarded with plywood
My Father had in a drunken rage had thrown furniture
The girl of my dreams said,
"You well not amount to anything, be a drunk
just like your dad." Alcoholic she died in a trailer park
The good news my step dad was repairing our house
He added on to the house my own room
First time I did not share a small bedroom with Sis
It was baseball, basketball and football every day
I was still boxing in smoker preparing for Dad's return
Six foot two, thin and best shape I would ever be
Average pay $1'436 for each man and woman a week
Bagel famine threat terrifies New York
Wow how I hated liver and onions every Friday night
My grades were not all that bad, I got a c- once
I read Mien Kamp, the sports section and Black Beauty
Rise and Fall of the third Reich hated Math and Science
Finally forgot my childhood sweetheart and moved on to Cheerleaders
They weren't impressed by me either thought me skinny with glasses
If they could only see me now, no glasses and surely not skinny
Now I have to fight them off, OK, you need some fictions








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