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Sorry Ma, the World's a Little Harder Than I Thought

He had enough dreams to fill the universe, and still have some left over He was impressed by nothing less than perfection, so he was then over- Eager to embark on his new life, Just turned 18, said goodbye to his parents and then decided to do right And BE himself, 'cause though many people cared for him He NEEDS himself And he wants to be free So then he walked out of the door to find work out of the streets But when he opened up his wallet, and simply saw a black hole He decided nothing is free, and started to walk back home When he made it back home, he apologized to mom, told her; "Sorry ma, the world's a little harder than I thought." 3/27/17

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Date: 4/1/2017 1:15:00 PM
Wow. Naivety meets the real world! It's the unfortunate truth!
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Date: 3/30/2017 8:27:00 PM
I liked this! I actually ran away from home at four years old, but changed my mind after 15 to 20 minutes!!!
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Date: 3/28/2017 11:50:00 PM
This is a great poem OP, taking on the world at 18, yeah we can all identify with that.
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Date: 3/27/2017 8:32:00 PM
: ) Dreams.... and then the more practical aspects of life. Great beginning for you on PoetrySoup, OP - nice to see your variety. Some people roll in with 10 or 20 first poems that are really all the same thing - and that's fine - maybe there is an enormous need to write so, but better to give the reader a change of pace, theme, etc.
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