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I grew up in an Orthodox Jewish home in Rahway, New Jersey, in the ‘50’s and ‘60’s. Hop Scotch on Sabbath was cause for a family uproar in a town that hosted the State Prison where Scared Straight ...view moreI grew up in an Orthodox Jewish home in Rahway, New Jersey, in the ‘50’s and ‘60’s. Hop Scotch on Sabbath was cause for a family uproar in a town that hosted the State Prison where Scared Straight was filmed.
I dreamed of jumping railroad cars as they rumbled past my bedroom at night. I’d wonder what was on the other side of the horizon during summers at Bradley Beach. I traveled the world to find out. Now in retirement in tropical, sunny South Florida, I have simplified my life, and these short poems reflect my current life condition.view less