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Question: A new poem about Peanut Butter!?
Peanut Butter, Grape Jelly, and Milk
Written by Semper Fi Reborn
Peanut butter and grape jelly
My time machine
Every bite sparks a new memory
Of a childhood so long ago
The years were the 70s
The summers were longer
Than a Stevie Wonder record
Like him
We were superstitious
Not stepping on cracks
For the sake of poor mama's back
We watched the girls jump rope
Singing Miss Lucy had a baby
His name was Tiny Tim
We'd play tops
Or ride bikes as fast as we could
Cause Mr Knievel did it
Michael Jackson was a kid like me
On Soul Train singing about ABCs
Everybody wanted to wear an afro
And bell bottomed pants
Can you dig it!?
I knew you could
There I was
On the corners of 7th Street
And South Orange Avenue
In a four story brick building
Numbered 275
Apt!. # 2
First floor left side
Watching Soul Train with my siblings
Eating peanut butter and grape jelly
Washing it down with cold milk
Somehow
That made me forget I was poor
Today it let's me know
How rich I was
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Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
Are you talking about my home town Brick City!?
@ I lived on Littleton & S!.O!. Ave!. for 2 years!. I knew there was a vibe coming from you!
That PB loving,
cold milk downing,
Brick City living
VIBE lolWww@QuestionHome@Com
All my memories of youth are different, but this poem still conveys the essential elements of innocence, joy and pleasure in simple things that childhood brings!.
Your poem sparks memories of my grandmother's home, playing until exhausted, denim shorts and striped T-shirts, hot afternoons and lying in the shade and my favorite - reading books and eating penny candy!.
I had a very rough, painful childhood, but even I have a few treasured memories of untainted innocence!Www@QuestionHome@Com
I lived out in the country, my grandmother always sent us in August, to pick wild Concord grapes to make jelly and juice for the winter!. I never knew how lucky I was till I tasted the store bought stuff!.!.!.Thanks for bringing that memory back!Www@QuestionHome@Com
Taste buds, do open our senses to memories and onward!.
Delightful poem!.
My young nephew, long ago, introduced me to,"put cream cheese on
it too!." "yuck" I thought, But he was right, that's yummy good!.
and so are your written words!.
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You got me with "Peanut Butter"! Reading this truly made me flash back in time!. (I think we must be around the same age!.) I remember and relate to almost everything here!. Fantastic!
Yea, I can dig it!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
wow, I thought it would be cheesy, I was wrong!.!.!.
mine!?
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Yummy walk down childhoods memory lane!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
This could totally be turned into a rap!. I like it!. Unique!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
True literary genius!.!.!.Toast & Jam!?Www@QuestionHome@Com
love love it x90543980583
pure geniusWww@QuestionHome@Com
A great crunchy read for a wet Wednesday night!Www@QuestionHome@Com