They were , at least, the better of times,

The times we grew up in were,

We flew to the moon & knew Kennedy,

No one back then used as much as now a racial slur…

We had pride in our nation,

We had, on TV, heroes & knew a few comical villians,

We were free from knowing the transgressions of our politicians,

We thought only a white lie would one day bring on our damnation…

We loved for we knew not any other,

We only knew of our fathers & mothers,

We knew a strict code,or else get punished,

We didn’t know of kidnapping, rape & crime,

Our families did of us hide,

And did for us in love smother…