Day: March 19, 2025

ST. JOSEPH’S DAY

GOING BACK

I like to go back in time

               From time to time

Not because I liked it so

               Or couldn’t forget

It was a little different

               A much slower pace

Party line telephone

               A land line

Long distance calling

               Something special

Colonia bakery delivering bread

               Sealtest milk the same

Both used horses to pull the wagons

               You knew their names

The driving crew

               And after a while

                  They knew yours, too

Twenty seven houses on a city street

               Twenty different churches attended

                              Eight schools at least

A diversified group

               We got alone pretty well

Those times were good times

               And I like to dwell there

Think about it a little

               Go back for a while

                              But not for keeps

I like today, too

               Don’t know about tomorrow

Stanski

March 19, 2025 ^