Naivete

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When I was young
all the television shows and commercials
were filmed at the TV station on the hill
and I always wondered if the actors got
tired of playing out the same commercials
every ten minutes.

When I was young
my town had the only McDonald's
in the whole entire world.
Then when I went to another town,
I decided they must be just a provincial thing

When I was young
the equator cut right through
the middle of the United States of America.
There was no other reason why
California could be hotter than it was at home.

When I was young
the world was a magical place where fairies
danced on the lawn at night and left tears
in the grass with the coming of the dawn.
And I had an invisible robot friend
I’d take tobogganing
when no one else would go.

When I was young
I got mad at Gordon on Sesame Street
for not believing Big Bird
had a friend called Snuffleupagus
because nobody else could see him.

When I was young
I'd watch That's Incredible so I could see the
stunt men jump cars, but then I'd stay up to
watch the ghost story of the week and
end up sleeping with my closet light on
until Saturday.

When I was young
the morning started at five o'clock on Saturday
so I could watch the Waltons, Hilarious House of
Frightenstein, and Spiderman
all before I ate breakfast
and all the time I marveled at the amazing
actors who never got tired of playing out
the same commercials every ten minutes.

• Really interesting poem

  by imdeadgoaway

  Posted Sep 5, 2008
  +10
  I really liked how the poem went. Nostalgic and connectable theme. I really liked the beginning and end tied, as well.
  Well written piece.
  
  I think this verse needs work...
  
  "When I was young
  the world was a magical place where fairies
  danced on... (read more)

• Caleb
  Jun 22, 2008
  I'll take care of that small issue for you.
• opinionminion
  Jun 22, 2008
  It's annoying that I can't go back and fix my italics boo boo. I thought it looked right when I submitted but apparently not. Oops.

• Date Added
• Jun 19, 2008 at 5:22 PM
• Article Type
• Essay
• Genres
• Poetry
• Topics
• Entertainment, People, Television
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