Rebel

Games before homework,
Going to bed after twelve,
pop before breakfast,
turns to drugs at twenty-one,
sex before marrige,
and acohol at thirteen.
Tonight rebelions unite!
Copyright © | Year Posted 2009

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Welch Avatar
January 8, 2011 at 10:47 AM
Very cool :) - Sounds like 90% of people
Dowdy Avatar
November 18, 2009 at 12:14 PM
i lovee this one. it's so truee!
Owens Avatar
November 13, 2009 at 10:02 PM
True enjoyed your Tanka...Marty
Jordan Avatar
November 13, 2009 at 4:16 PM
Hi Bree, welcome to the Soup. As for me I can certainly relate to this poem. I have done two prison terms for Manufacturing Crystal Methaphetamine. At 41 I turned to God while I was in the hole and instantly started writing poems. Something that no one; not even myself, dreamed I would ever do - I had surgery on my knee today so I have go lay down but I wanted to say hello and that I feel very blessed by our meeting, YF4L, mj
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