Nineteen-Fifty-Two Poem by jim foulk

I wish things were,
the same now, as then,
i wish I was there, instead of here.

In nineteen-fifty-two,
things were simple, and so care-free,
you alway, had something to do

You could see a movie,
or buy, a comic or pop for the price of a dime
everone's favorite saying, was groovie.

Drugs were no problem, at all,
crime also, was very down
young Willie May, was even playing ball.

Children had respect, even for their parents
three-D was really in,
and everyone had good merit's

In nine-teen-fifty-two,
Ike was elected president
and I wasn't feeling blue

I know the past
is gone, you can't go back
time really goes on fast

I wished then, I could've made a forecast
nineteen-fifty-two, only now a memory,
looking back, life has been good, at last.