This poets autobiography Old values were taught to me The man had to work to support his family. It was the time when the man was the household head And the woman would cook, clean and sew With very few places to go. Where going to the pizza shop once a week To us kids was the greatest treat. The elderly you would always respect Other wise a whopping you'd get. As a kid there was no such thing as indignation We'd do what ever we could for family salvation. At the age of eight I was working in a grocery store Taking empty deposit bottles to the basement floor. At the age of ten I was working th...