Comparison

When you were a kid
Going to bed was easy
You took off day clothes
And jumped into pjs
Nowadays one has to
Smear the face with cream
Take off clothes add oil
To your hands  bend down
Slither off your compression
Knee highs,a new low -
It wasn’t like that
when you were a kid!

When you were a kid
In the mornings you
Jumped out of bed curious
what the day would bring
Nowadays you dread
Opening the newspaper
Or your tv or your computer
For fear seeing another war
Disaster - natural or otherwise
Rape famine hate crimes
It was less seemingly like that
When you were a kid!