Don't Forget to Remember ThePast (National Poetry Month, Poem About the 1980's) (Written in Mongrel Verse)

Don't Forget to Remember the Past
(Written in Mongrel Verse) Part I

by Mary Naylor

I went to Union Station, just to visit my mam.
An old man was standing there
With a beard longer than Uncle Sam's.
I walked up to him and he looked down at me.

"Please, Sir," I said, "Is this the train to Alabam?"
"Get on board, children, one and all!
This train is heading for 1980's land!"
Before I knew it, I was seated on that train.

SHRUUUF! SHRUUUF! SHREEET!
We listened to that whistle roar,
Then we were served a slice of Watergate Cake (sheet.)*
Just as soon as we got on board.

It wasn't bad; I never ate
A cake with cover-up icing before.
Watergate was 70's, but the 80's took the cake!
ET came down the aisle and asked, did we want any more.

A reporter interviewed Kristal Cantwell.**
What is your favorite 1980's sport's memory?
"Dodger's beat Oakland A's. I remember it clear as a bell.
4-1 in the 1988 World Series.

End of Part I

*Food Time.org

**Kristal Cantwell is my daughter and has enjoyed being interviewed every since she could talk.
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