where is the milkman?

where

are the milk men

in their trucks at 5 am?

the paper

boys on the corner,

shouting the news.

the clean wash hanging

on the line

with wooden clothespins?

where

is Sputnik

and Kennedy, 

the race home when the sirens

go off. where

are the 

Beatles,

Swanson tv dinners,

lunch boxes

and homework

at the dining room table.

your mother at the kitchen

window keeping an eye on you.

where is Mass

on Sunday

morning,

Billy Graham on tv.

where are the rabbit ears,

the black

and white

screen with

three channels to choose

from.

where is Ed Sullivan

and Marilyn

Monroe.

the Twilight Zone.

Elvis, the king?

where are the good teachers,

the good neighbors,

the friendly

mailman that knows your

name

and waves.