Monochrome Days: (poetry for schools)

In the '50s and early '60s

gas was still the norm

in city streets and passageways;

at home to keep us warm

And during bleak mid-winters

when people used more coal

the air was thick and foggy

and illness took its toll

Us children knew no better;

life had always been like this

sore throats and runny noses

were i...

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