If I wasn’t born in this time frame,
I may have started a collection of
Beanie Babies and played on my
Tamagotchi while waiting for you
in the nineties. I may have listened 
to my Walkman chewing bubblegum
and attempted to impress you by 
solving a Rubik’s Cube in the eighties.
I may have bought you a tacky pair
of bell bottoms and we could have
matched in the seventies. I may have
asked you on a date to make our
own Tie Dye t-shirts and gifted you
a purple lava lamp in the sixties. I may
have met you at the park to Hula Hoop
and we could have laughed at my
mother’s sad attempt at a Gelatin Mold
in the fifties. I may have driven a Jeep
on our way to a movie theater and gave
you a Frisbee for your dog in the fourties.
I may have read comics about Batman
and Superman while sitting close together
on the couch in the thirties. I may have
listened to live Jazz music with you in the
twenties. If I was born in those time frames,
I would have done exactly that, but instead 
I was born now. I’m going to take you on
a date to the local National Parks and
then we’ll laugh about the old trends.