In Our Time

There were machines that made communicating earlier
easier by way of electronics and airwaves.
It was blustery so we set up a blockade
and sat on the protected side of that
discussing things that matter. Then we
were just happy to be clowning around
because we had the company and the leisure
time to do that. A photo album sat on the table
and it had photos inside of the good old days.
But things were not so much easier back then
we had this metallic tang that erupted
at odd moments. There were ballplayers
and televisions. You could buy tickets to things
and be assured that something would happen
when you asked for something to happen.