I’m A Yo-Yo

I think when I was nine or ten, the Yo-Yo craze began;
Buy one and then practice hard, learn all the tricks you can!
I bought myself the very best, a “Duncan” with some jewels;
It cost all of one whole dollar, others would look at it and drool!
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The secret of making it work well, was to take some candle wax;
And run your string along it, so tough tricks you could attack!
“Walk the dog” was very easy, “Rock the baby”, much more hard;
And if you could “Throw it out the window”, you became an instant star!
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On Saturdays at the movies, would be a weekly Yo-Yo contest;
To discover amongst all of us, who did the tricks the best!
It was held up on the front stage, the audience would cheer;
For the one who was the greatest, “Bravo” the champ would hear!
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                               I loved my Yo-Yo
                       For it taught me about life
                           All its ups and downs