A POEM BY BEN PARKER - 27/9/17

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first world problems

that white folks be causing

where its normal for adultery

and parents divorcing

no care for the kids

we get stretched like ragdolls

daughters on stripper polls

sons on the pills each night

american dreams taking flight

but they never soar

the kids fall hard

theyre left sore

emotions as raw as the wounds

we suffer from every phrase

every insult

every disrespect

to our visions

reality continuing to make incisions

dissecting our universes

and how we'll never live out

the lives we want to

we wish we could help our elders

with all the fears that haunt you

you were all kids too

we know old age daunts you

but spring flowers dont see 

life without the autumn

new ideas dont come without

the young minds that thought them

the tools to make this progress

comes from the elders that forged them

so pass on your toolkit

pass on your wisdom

teach us your lessons

to take on your kingdoms

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