Run, 1962 vs Run, 2012... a short story.

1962... anywhere, everywhere, anytime.

2012... Run? The hell is that?

1962... PE... the fifty yard dash.. the shuttle run... the 600 yard dash.. (until the day I die I will never forget Stanley Savage forgetting his tenny boppers, kicking our butts in his socks in the 600 yard dash)..

2012... PE? Not no, but hells no, I know ED, ADD, OCD, RA, COPD, and IBS... Mortgaged out the ying yang? We RUN to the bank on payday. Got that 'urge'? (ie, #1, #2).. Serious stuff at this age.. RUN or you'll regret it!

1962... Run to the City Park.. to William Jewell... to Ruth Moore... to Clayview... wave at every other car you see, as there's no doubt you know them.

2012.. Run, at the Piggly Wiggly (the other way), when you see someone four aisles down, that always remembers your name, and you have no idea/recollection of whothehell it is...

1962.. that 6th and final Coke bottle is emptied, off to Safeway to cash it in... Kick the can... Hill Dill.. Hide and seek... Hear a siren? Run across town to find it...

2012.. Hear a siren? Run the other way.. "Run" is technically changed - whilst it usedta involve your legs.. it now involves your gas peddle... your verbiage to a friend "I was runnin' like 60".. (and sadly, we do)..

1962... THE ICE CREAM MAN! RUN!!!!. New movie at the Plaza Theater... Hey, doesn't that guy play for the Chiefs? Let's RUN to get his autograph!...

2012... This errand, that errand, this bill, that bill, this phone call, that one, this chore, that chore... end of day we're tired "from all that runnin'"...

1962... SCHOOL'S OUT!... "Race ya to that tree?"... "Have you seen the new 62 Nova at Parrish Chevrolet? Come on, let's go!"...

2012... "Boss, I can't come in today boss... bad case of the runs"... "Why, these kids nowadays have everything handed to 'em.. I remember back in our day we ran everywhere.." Run: April 15th, Birthday, Winter, Black Friday: RUN!

Tune in, ten years from now (the Good Lord willing)... when it'll be "Walk, 1962 vs Walker, 2022"

I've loved every age. Why not... can't run from it. Love, Victurd