If lost in yourself,
there’s no need to be found
As the self-disenfranchised,
circle around
They question and lecture,
and spew out their grief
To lure you within,
their false broken beliefs
“You really don’t get it, man,”
they sing from their bus
They say “You’re unhip”
and “You need to be us”
The chanting of laughter,
they march to inane
Where a prank on themselves
—waits in drug induced shame
(Villanova, Pennsylvania: December, 2019)
Ding Dong School
was decidedly uncool
~ unhip even back in the day
Now ding dongs are snacks
Or students, who brains lack
They're always wrong
Those poor ding dongs
"Ding Dong School" aired on
TV from 1952-1956. It was
incredibly "1950-ish." The
headmistress, Miss Frances,
a homely spinster, actually
rang a bell to start each show...
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