in black and white – v2

in black and white

flickering grainy images

wonder at our nation’s progress

Apollo 11 landing on the moon

in black and white

in wonder, in amazement

woken from our slumber

to watch men walk on the moon

in black and white

returning, landing in the Pacific

brought aboard the Hornet

our victory complete

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edited July 17,  2019

in black and white – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/07/in-black-and-white-v2.html

adding the third stanza

July 17, 2019

in black and white

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/07/in-black-and-white.html

watching the July 16 launch

and the July 20, 1969

Apollo 11

moon walk on our family’s

black and white TV.

I was 9 years old then.

We didn’t get a color TV

until 1976, when we moved.

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