The Ancestors Did That

I wish we still broke the bread and carved the ham. The ancestors did it better. They wrote letters to their loves across the sea and sealed them with kisses and ink. They saved their pennies for stamps and root beer floats. They all knew how to dance. They wrote in cursive, they wore gloves, they planted tomatoes. They bought bubble gum and read mysteries. They sat around a radio with stockings and skirts on and they laughed a lot more. I wonder if the ancestors knew how much we would forget.