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Something Is Wrong With This Picture..

The kids are getting hammered Buying beer down the shops For a penny a piece They have the least fear The least surprise in their eyes When collared by the police With bravery in their hearts They believe they are untouchable The beer already doing the rounds Until at a quarter to five Their happy party is interupted By the wake up call of jail like sounds Even worse, the girl who started out So pretty that night Hoping to catch the latest boys eye Egged on by society And its wasted lessons Says yes to each drink that should of passed her by With bravado and intoxigating Confidence she walks up to him Unsteady on her feet and lipstick newly applied With not a hint of the morning To come, after the night before And the tears she will of cried Tonight and him Is all she can see He is back slapped by his mates and told to go The park seems appealing As they hurriedly make their way In a haze of drunken glow Not even time for a postcard This is not a place Either one of them should be As soon as it began Its over Something is wrong with this picture Or is it just me...!

Copyright © | Year Posted 2009




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Date: 5/4/2009 12:31:00 PM
often told tale since the dawn of time...Light & Love
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Date: 5/2/2009 2:59:00 PM
Its not all down to parents, its up to the kids as well, they have to do their bit,to make the picture well. But the above write highlights society, well written. James
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Date: 4/9/2009 2:19:00 PM
No, it's not just you, Jo. Unfortunately the sad scenario you paint is played out day after day. The boys get drunk and the girls get hurt. Where are the enforcers of age limits on teen drinking? Truly "Something IS wrong with this picture." Love, Carolyn
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Date: 4/9/2009 1:32:00 PM
I'm thinking the World might say that it's just you. But I agree. I just wish that in the moment, it was seen this way.
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