THE DECADES



  I am Farrah Fawcett poster on
The wall.
   I am rotary phone when I made
A call.

   I am, Boss, it’s the plane,
The plane.
   I am Pablo Escobar and his
Cocaine.

   I am Queen with Freddy Mercury
Live.
   I am the Bee Gees talking that
Jive.

   I am we have the technology to
Make him better.
   I am Charles Manson as  
Helter-Skelter.

   I am vinyl, 8-tracks, cassettes
And CD's.
   I am keep on trucking and
Hippies.

   I am where is the beef? And
Don't squeeze the Charmin.
   I am Cheech and Chong and
George Carlin.

   I am SNL when it was
Funny.
   I am Hugh Hefner and his
Playboy bunny.

   I am MTV when they played
Music videos.
   I am Baretta, Dirty Harry and
Al Pacino.

   I am American-Bandstand, free love
And the twist.
   I am pay phones, pagers and
Stick-shifts.

   I am conjunction junction what's
Your function.
   I am Patty Hearst and her
Abduction.

   I am Star Wars, jaws and
Rocky.
   I am Welcome Back Kotter and
Sweat-hog cocky.

   I am gas station lines and
Roller skates.
   I am Stonewall, Women's lib
And Watergate.

   I am stretch-Armstrong, Lite-Brite
And pong.
   I am Barry Manilow in I write the
Songs.

   I am M.A.S.H. and a metal
Lunch-box.
   I am clackers, tang and a
Pet-rock.

      Turbo1904 ♥

About this poem

CURRENT AFFAIRS WHEN I WAS GROWING UP

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Written on January 01, 2023

Submitted by Turbo1904 on January 05, 2023

Modified on April 26, 2023

1:28 min read
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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABCB DDED FGXG XHXH XEIX IAIX XFEF CXIX XXIX XJHJ IFIF IXXX XXKX XXKX
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 1,312
Words 290
Stanzas 14
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4

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2 Comments
  • adamknapp13
    Gave me a huge smile. Loved it! Great math in the syllables.
    LikeReply1 year ago
  • Teril
    Hey, I relate! I am also a pet rock! Your poem is so nicely done, smooth rhythms and rhythm, images of growing up in days long gone. Nice to remember!
    LikeReply1 year ago

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