4:33 Memories

Kenneth Pobo

The Monkees—1967

This morning I’m thinking about things I loved in 1967.  I’m starting out with The Monkees.  More of was my first album.  The ice cream truck, I loved that too, tinkly bells, lime popsicles.  I wore shorts as much as I could.  Illinois summers got hot and shorts made them more tolerable.  I loved drinking from the garden hose unless the water was in the sun too long.  I loved clothes on the clotheslines, especially on a windy day.  And I loved playing Canasta with my grandmother who could hold many cards before going out and leaving me weighed down with points.

Kenneth Pobo has a new book out from Assure Press called Uneven Steven. He lives in Middletown, Pennsylvania, with his husband and two cats. Things he likes: Tommy James and the Shondells; bark. Things he dislikes: hot weather; cabbage.