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IN THE LATE 1960'S  MY LIFE TOOK A TURN

By Dan Donlan, www.PoetryPoem.com/dandy1    Unlock all Features - Upgrade to Poetry Prime

Ted Williams hits his last homer
Standing ovation for his number, "521"
Emily Post, arbiter of Etiquette is dead
Kennedy is elected by a narrow margin
Clark Gable died, "Gone with the Wind"
Is it etiquette to report it that way?
I began finding out I was not dying
I had been eating something killing me
Six foot three I was now 160 lbs--175Lbs
I was getting fat as a pig
I returned to my old job sealing wing tips
Airliners flying over New York city collide
Killing 127 and I do not remember it happening
1st black African is Peace Prize winner
One of my co-worker I had known since high school
Said, "Dandy what are you going to do when the pink slip comes?"
I didn't have the heart to tell her, after all,
she had been working at Boeing ever since high school
That I was guaranteed employment for a year
My mind always dulled in front of pretty girls
She continued, "Monday morning I am starting college
Today is my last day I start classes in Ellensburg
Girls I was attracted to always leaving my life
Fast thinking "I was thinking about doing the same thing."
I had no idea what a college was high school was enough
Ham, Americas first astrochimp was in outer space
A week later the registration came in the mail
Mom reads my mail on things like college applications
United Arab republic breaks relations with Belgium over Congo
French rocket, "Veronique" with a rat on board
OK, sure I caused allot of my problems with girls
Mom filled out the application and I had a basketball scholarship
It was in the school paper, I was one of the top three recruits
Didn't they know I had a 1.87 high school grade average?
Joanne notified me she was engaged first day at school
But not all was lost a cheerleader into athletes took my hand
Informed me that I belonged to her and I was in love
Still in love until football season when she was into football players
Heartbroken tossed aside that was when I met the love of my life
It well be fifty three years in November we were married
Soviet union puts first man in space, Bay of pigs is a fiasco
OH, did I mention the cheerleader was into collecting stuffed pigs?











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