
I wonder if you can guess which little Catholic I am?
This is a little ditty about my life as I remember it. Just a slice of it. A wee slice.
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A BRIEF HISTORY OF MY LIFE by SJJP
We first moved to the USA all the way from Canada
We drove all across the continent from Nova Scotia to Pasadena
My Sister & Me & My Mom & Dad from the sunny south
There were palm trees growin & it was not snowin & I never did shut my mouth
We drove right over to the courthouse in Downtown Los Angeles
We put our hands on a Bible and we swore as a family that we were not communist
When we drove away I started to cry they said what’s wrong son are you sick?
I said I don’t wanna be an AMERICAN I wanna be a Catholic
We’d talk Hollywood & Baseball in the car
The Voice of Vin Scully (Ernie Harwell, Jack Buck, Jerry Coleman) could travel
Really far
I’d get allergies & Asthma in the Yard
No one told me growin up would be so hard
One of my earliest memories was John Kennedy getting shot
My mom was cryin and ironing clothes & my face felt really hot
I watched the funeral on TV it was there in Black & White
I watched his son salute his flag draped coffin things just did not seem right
I made my first communion in St Ritas Catholic Church
There was incense choking & the priest was smoking There was a choir in the perch
my face got pale & my stomach felt bad. They said if your gonna get sick use a cup
I thought by the time that it was my turn Jesus would be all eaten up
I saw a war start overseas in a place called Vietnam
There were protests in the streets at night. There was talk of guns & bombs
I watched the President say to us that he was not a crook
Next thing you know he resigned. You can read about it in a book
My allergies were bad so we moved to the desert to a city called Palm Springs
We trick or treated at Liberace’s house each finger had a diamond ring
We met Elvis Presley in the middle of the summer He hugged my sister for far too long
I felt kinda weird but I would’ve pimped her out just to hear him sing a song.
Now here I am a middle aged man at home on the fourth of July
Starin’ out at the ocean and the fireworks in the sky
I miss my friends who aren’t around
The ones who’ve passed away
I’m feelin’ kinda grateful here on Independence Day
love always,
SjjP
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