I remember summer '63...

I remember the summer when

all they played was "Sukiaki"
 over Portland's  KISN

radio  91.3

Age 15, I lay down a towel

on the hot cement to sunbathe

only to bring to the surface

more freckles on my arms and face

Looking over the river to

another bigger little town

freighters made their way East and West
we, unaware of lives aboard 

No concept of "What Was Going 
On", as Marvin sung out his song

Protected we were from it all,

we had idealistic dreams

Rock 'n Roll and hot summer sun

"Don't worry, there are no regimes"

they said but we did anyway

I remember when "Teen Angel,

Can You Hear Me?" made us all cry,

haunting us as we wondered "Why?"

School on Monday seemed a long spell

from Saturday's four o'clock show
TV's dancing with Dick's "Band Stand"

The years all run together now
 From 1955, Brothers
Righteous and "Unchained Melody"

to "Ba Ba Ba - Ba Barbara Ann"

 don't forget that "Old Moon Bilbao"
"A Summer Place" and "Mack the Knife"
"Sugar Shack" and "Be My Baby"
I remember the music well,
just yesterday we were crazy

For dversepoets.com today Karen from manicddaily  invites us to write about
 "remembering'...as in "Try to Remember" (by 

The Brothers Four).  I quickly wrote this.