Ken Jordan Poet Light Verse

White Boys

Poet: Ken Jordan
Poem: White Boys
Edited by: Sparkle Jordan
written: August/1995

I want to do 
just like
the white boys
do -

Wear
six hundred
dollar
shoes,

and
dress
in
the finest 
of
suits -

I want 
a
six figure
income,

to splurge 
at
Fred Segal's,

on
Melrose
avenue -

I want to
jog
with 
my dog,

while 
pushing
my child
in a 
stroller -

I want to
send
my children,

to
only
the best
of
schools -

I want a
pristine
neighbourhood 
in a
gated
community -

And
style
 in a
Bentley,
through
Hollywood -

Just like
the 
white boys
do -
 
I want to 
live
in 
Beverly Hills,

and
hob nob 
with 
my
constituents-

I want to
have
A-1
credit,

to
charge
on
Rodeo Drive -

I want a 
foyer 
filled
with
roses -

and
a
Butler
passing
out
horsd'oeuvres,  

champaign,
and
caviar -

And
I want to
travel,

in a 
Lincoln
Town car -

What 
I really want
is
equal rights,

regardless
of
colour -

Just like
the
white boys
do -

Who 
wouldn't 
want to
ride 
a horse
under
the 
golden
sun,

on 
the
beach
in
Malibu -

Just like
the
white boys
do

I want to
explore
life
under
the sea
in a
submarine -

I want stocks,
bonds, CD's
and
Ira account's
too -

a
Yacht,
Lear Jet,
and
a 
home
in
Peru -

Just like
the white boys
do -

I want to be
in
every
television
commercial,

every
movie,

and
smile for
the
camera,

when they
call 
 my name -

Just like
the
white boys
do -

I want it
all -

even  a 
star
on the
walk of fame -

I want to
expose
the
myth,

shown 
around
the
world,

that
only
white boys
are 
doing 
everything -

I want to
Sky Dive,
Hang Glide,

and
fly 
in a
Hot Air
balloon -

I want to
fall
from
the sky

in 
a
parachute -

I want to
golf;
play
board games,

and
speed race
in 
a boat -

I want to
drive
a
jacked-up
truck -

and
lasso 
a horse
with
a
rope -

Just like
the
white boys
do -

I want to
Snowboard,
parasail,
ski,
and
wind surf -

And

I want to
dine with 
Royalty,

like
Kings
and
Queens -

I want to
be
on the
cover
of every 
magazine -

I want it
all -

 Just like
the 
white boys
do -

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Johnny Rhinem February 12, 2014 at 11:21 AM † You Don't Have To Worry About White Boys: Your Brother's Over There Killing His Own Children In The Homeland; While Grandfather Sacrificed Them To Wanna Be Psuedo Hillbilly gods; On And On ? I Don't Think It So Much The Colour As The Content, Of This Wicked Flesh.... Love John .... Ps., But Yes Given These Truths; Do Worry!