Alex Duffy Poet Free verse

Dumb It Down

You want me to dumb it down and write something simple
If I did that, I'd expect Shakespeare to come back from the dead and stab me with a pencil
This world is too sensitive you need to harden up
I won't dumb it down, You should Smarten up

If it ain't about Girls, partying or having fun they won't want to hear it
If it's an opinion based on real life stuff then don't you dare share it
This generation don't really care about what's going on around them
But I speak on the issues they need to hear, hoping they listen so they don't drown them

I'm a genius, because i realized there's a Genie in us so I don't wish no more
I do it myself like the brand with the tick
I could get drunk every week and stand next to chicks 
But that chick and alcohol won't save you if we go to war

Blood on pavements,tears shed, flowers left as a memorial
People passing by daily, do you think the price is affordable?
Could you live with yourself knowing you left a kid fatherless?
Put the gun and knives down, Don't over react over a stupid argument

The government are the real criminals, but because I wear a hoody
They'll make you think its me, so you wrongly judge me
I'm always going to be who I am, they won't change me
I warned you about them, so when they do you wrong, don't blame me

You want me to talk about girls and say she's got a Sexy body and there's nothing more to it
Nickname her Nike because I want to just do it
If I wrote something that simple
I hope every poet would torture me and stab me with pencils

You want me to dumb it down and write something simple
If I did that, I'd expect Shakespeare to come back from the dead and stab me with a pencil
This world is too sensitive you need to harden up
I won't dumb it down, You should Smarten up

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Phil Capitano May 5, 2017 at 7:26 AM You tell 'em Alex, if people aren't ready to hear the message, screw 'em. I've been told for decades to write something simple ~ DON'T DO IT! Stay true to yourself, your audience will find you. Alex Duffy May 6, 2017 at 4:24 AM Thank you, some will get the message when its too late, hopefully then they'll learn to listen, I don't think anyone should write anything that's not in their heart, good or bad write it. Thank you