Paper Heroes

There are no more heroes in the world Nobody to look up to anymore No integrity displayed by anyone No honor No loyalty No honesty Now it’s all just flash Lights and glitz And the latest reality blitz Nothing of any real substance Gone are the days of a child’s hero Long live the reign Of the digital zero Media’s royalty Is the new elite With piles of cash And the latest tweet Rappers and thugs With bling and bang Rhyming their way With the latest slang What a sad display From a once great creature The trading of humanity For the next glitzy feature I am sick at the thought Of the future of my race Who sold out their souls For more advertising space It’s all too funny To even get mad I just sit and observe The next latest fad Perhaps being of limited existence isn’t so bad It spares one the continuing freak show of the mad Eric (and sometimes not)