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I remember Incredible edibles and Space Food Sticks

I remember sitting on the floor in the grade-school hallway,
with our hands over our heads, practicing for inevitable nuclear war.

I remember when the screen on screen doors would rust.

I remember being home sick with the measles and watching JFK's funeral.

I remember the look on my Father's face after he came back from
sitting in the alert-shacks during the Cuban missile crisis.

I remember making tents with blankets hung over the clothesline pole,
and mom letting us sleep out there, despite dads disaproval.

I remember the best birthday presents...my microscope and Ruffy, my first cat.