2:23:11
"Why must every generation
think their folks are square?"
2:23:18
"And no matter where their heads are,
they know Moms ain't there."
2:23:23
"Because I swore when I was small,
that I'd remember when..."
2:23:30
"...I knew what's wrong with them,
that I was smaller, then."
2:23:38
"I determined to remember
all the cardinal rules..."
2:23:44
"...like sun-showers are legal
grounds for skipping school."
2:23:50
"I know I have forgotten
maybe one or two..."
2:23:56
"...but I hope that I recall them
all before the baby is due."
2:24:02
"And I know he'll have
a question or two..."
2:24:08
"...like, 'Hey, Pop, can
I go ride my zoom..."
2:24:13
"...that goes two hundred
miles an hour..."
2:24:17
"...suspended on balloons?"'
2:24:19
"'And I can put a droplet of
this new stuff on my tongue..."
2:24:25
"...and imagine frothing dragons
while you sit and wreck your lungs?"'
2:24:31
"And I must be permissive..."
2:24:34
"...understanding the
younger generation..."
2:24:43
"...and then I'll know
that all I've learned..."
2:24:51
"...and then I'll know that
all I've learned, my kid..."
2:24:59
"...then I'll know that all I've
learned, my kid assumes..."