We played many military like games,

Sometimes on a ship, a houses porch,

Sometimes the same porch was a fort,

Fighting off the Germans & Japs,

Anything was a gun, but bamboo poles were best…

I think we were as destructive as any kid at times,

Breaking windows, throwing eggs & water balloons,

Picking on younger kids, though now I wish I didn’t,

Just needing something to make us feel important,

Till we got to high school and discovered doing lines…

Skinny dippin’ in the bay,

Till friends moms came out and told us no way,

So young we were, who cares about our futures,

Broken bones, cuts & bruises, never needing sutures,

I sometimes wish my folks were still alive,

I would wonder what about me they would now say…

© ed ~~~~ 2/27/09