what could go wrong

it's easy to say,

things were better back then.

people were more

polite,

more kind.

television 

helped.

father knows best.

who wouldn't want

donna reed as a wife?

commercials

with smiling kids.

whiter whites.

the black and white of

the 1950s.

a cold war.

the korean war,

civil rights, but for

the most

part

things were alright.

we had bomb shelters too,

just in case.

we seemed to be headed

in the right

direction

once the red scare

ended.

the moon was suddenly

in reach.

buddy holly.

chubby checker.

music became a soundtrack

to our life.

what could go wrong?

everything seemed so right.