A new poem about Peanut Butter?

Question

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

Answer 1

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!

Answer 2

  True literary genius...Toast & Jam?

Answer 3

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 lol

Answer 4

A great crunchy read for a wet Wednesday night!

Answer 5

This could totally be turned into a rap.  I like it. Unique.

Answer 6

love love it x90543980583

pure genius

Answer 7

Yummy walk down childhoods memory lane.

Answer 8

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.

Answer 9

wow, I thought it would be cheesy, I was wrong...

mine?

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Answer 10

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!

Answer 11

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.