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With the Kids

Another boring lost night. Sipping on warm beers outside the local store. Trying to stay outta the cops sight. Cars gather stereos blasting in the parking lot. Local kids gather telling stories and smoking pot. Susan and Billy just got back togather. Jacks drunk again. Lookin for a fight with a mind of a child and skin of leather. The town tramp and the football team. There studs and she's a ****. Its a flaw in society it does seem. broken bottles and the butt of a cigarette. We were all there sometime. First loves are the hardest to forget. Drinking beers outta plastic red cups talkin bout gettin out of this place. Best friends always forget to touch base. Looking for something togather in the backseat. Voices fill the air. In parking lots across the country kids meet. Allison wants to be perfect so she starves herself for days. Cindy cant stand this life. So with a razor she plays. Tommy tries to ignor what others say. Idiot's mix well with ignorance. He just got beaten half to death for being gay. His lifes so perfect yet he overdoses Farewell to the pain he bid's Makes you question. What besides angst is with the kids

Copyright © | Year Posted 2009




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Date: 11/22/2009 6:18:00 PM
It's not only the kids who think of suicide.there are alot of adults thinking that way as well.
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Date: 5/15/2009 9:54:00 AM
...Brilliance.
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Date: 5/14/2009 10:22:00 PM
Teens do seem to revel in angst -- thoughts of suicide, anorexia, misguided sexual exploits and substance abuse. The scenarios you describe take place all "across the country." This pensive poem is like a window to the world of youth. We see it, we may not understand it, but it does take us back to our own teen years. Very nice writing, John! Love, Carolyn
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Date: 5/14/2009 8:25:00 PM
Great write john!
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Date: 5/13/2009 11:46:00 PM
yes what kind of ife are kids looking for these days,but what kind of grownups are we having?what background do the kids have?and what are the kids learning?why cantg they just be happy in each others company,sometimes even grownups follow in the kid's shoe--this is so true---charma
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Date: 5/13/2009 6:52:00 PM
John, what can I say about this? REMARKABLe, so insightful and painfully true. You capture the life of today's american teenagers. Thank you kindly for your comments always appreciated.
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