When Dinosaurs Walked : Funny Poetry

When I was given birth to in 1965

the comedian, Stan Laurel passed away.

To the delight of ladies, Brad Pitt was born,

and 17 year old, Fred Deluca invented Subway.

Days of our Lives hit the daytime soaps,

the first combat troops arrived in Vietnam.

Forty tornadoes struck the Midwest,

and the US deployed B-52’s North of Saigon.

Baltimore Oriole, Jim Palmer made his debut,

John Lennon finally passed his drivers test.

"Pampers" disposable diapers were conceived,

and the marigold lost out as national flower, I guess.

Today Show's, first color broadcast, hit air,

cigarettes were banned from television ads.

The Rolling Stones were fined for public urination,

and the lava lamp hit the hippie pads.

Spaghetti-O's reached the grocery shelves,

Bob Dylan began to sing folk-rock.

The Beatles sang, Yesterday,

and Muhammad Ali gave Sonny Liston a knock

Martin Luther King was arrested in Selma, Alabama,

windstorms in Bangladesh claimed 27,000 lives.

Frank Gifford retired his football career

and Ringo Starr took Maureen Cox for his wife.

Now… I know I’ve dated myself

to a prehistoric date in time,

when a letter came in a mailbox

and your life wasn’t released online…