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Where the Backyard Used to Be
- Appalachian Heritage
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Volume 35, Number 2, Spring 2007
- p. 25
- 10.1353/aph.2007.0134
- Article
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FEATURED AUTHOR—POETRY Where the Backyard Used to Be________ Earl Hamner What's happened to our old backyard And the grass we hated to mow The glider where we used to swing? It's now "the patio!" What's happened to that rubber tire On which we used to swing? It's been replaced by a swimming pool And kids wearing rubber wings. What's happened to that nice old shack Where the kids once had a club? It's been replaced by a metal gym And a wooden soaking tub. What's happened to old fashioned love? "Relationships" have taken its place What's happened to the world we knew? It's gone to cyberspace. 25 ...
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