Kids Stuff

Kids Stuff Children will believe anything In talking animals And moons made of cheese Fairy castles With shinning knights And magic doors Secret gardens Dwarfs and Trolls Evil kings and Evil Queens Snow White dreams Arabian Princesses Warlocks and Witches Yes children will believe in anything Mermaids and cities beneath the sea Great monsters Unicorns and Dragons Kids are so easily lied to And led astray The advertising of the latest craze The fried slop burger meal That taste so great The necessity of cardboard box crunchy Mass produced Plastic child Of Pokemon desirability Yup kids will believe in anything The mulching gargling abuse of an industry Little consumer-ites Hooked on the sweet and salty The cartoon world Of their resale-ability Video games of make up Fashion they need to be In the general acceptance Of peer pressure conformity Children will believe anything In plastic knives And rubber weapons In invincible soldiers And righteous wars The marketable idioms Sell them violence Convince them they have already grown Play their games On the fad gadget mobile phone Little innocent targets To blackmail parents with Into parting with their hard earned cash Give in Stop the tantrums and the tears Happy little children See how we feed them See what we teach them About adults Yup! Kids will believe anything In star reaching swings And daisy chains In the realistic rattle of toy machine guns In the great and grand promise of heaven In a designer label In the miniature worlds of Lilliputians In what ever is fed to their imagination With the chocolate goo flavored ketchup sauce Of this crude ever pleasing entertain me culture Yup! Children will believe anything Amazing What we teach them about adults

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Sue Mason

Date: 4/18/2009 11:02:00 AM

So, who has ever grown up ??? ... no, seriously I think adults are insane and hope to stay as "child-like" in my old age as possible ... smile ... once again, you've got me off and running, Colin ... LOL ... just awesome writing!!

Sharon Winter

Date: 4/16/2009 3:03:00 PM

I loved the way this started, but just like growing up, it got all too real. A nice build up to what a scary thing our society has changed to. Now I am completely depressed, wondering once again if I raised my children well enough. Timely, excellent, thought provoking, upsetting. Love, Shar

L'Nass Shango

Date: 4/16/2009 12:03:00 PM

I think in light of your poem adult are more child than when they were children ... they should be taught about what they know ... enjoyable read, my friend

Christopher Higgins

Date: 4/16/2009 11:04:00 AM

They will absolutely believe anything..this is a piece that really gets into grit of the zaniness of the current world we live..kids and their minds are under attack and bravo to you and your words for shedding light on it.

Nadia Shahwan

Date: 4/16/2009 10:44:00 AM

I like your poetry.

Carrie Richards

Date: 4/16/2009 8:28:00 AM

Too true....they are so vunerable to the junk that is fed to them each day, ....whether from the media, peer pressure, even their own parents who are often blind to the corruption of those innocent minds. A raw, but revealing poem of a modern world...it is frightening.