The Years of My Life, 1946

A Journey from 1944 to … Now

1946

And so by 1946

I surely knew some baby tricks.

That was the year that I turned two—

And two-year-olds know what to do:

To get their milk they sadly cry—

And weaning brings a baby’s sigh.

My older brother now was five—

To kindergarten (where he’d thrive)!

All the King’s Men appeared that year—

Hiroshima and Zorba. Clear

That readers really liked to read

The books that kept them up to speed.

The UN—only recently

Created and they sought to be

The group to guarantee the peace—

Perhaps all wars would one day cease?

Bikinis were the latest thing—

And guys were happy as a king

Who just declared such suits must be—

Then, drooling, watched all he could see.

And Tupperware arrived to seal

That only partly finished meal.

And Cannes began (the films, I mean),

And B. B. King then made the scene.

But I, recall, was only two—

And none of this was getting through.

I wanted Mom and Dad—that’s all.

And all I had to do was call!