What do we expect?

sorenbarrett

War, race riots, road rage, aggression

child abuse, eating disorders, depression,

obesity, children murdering children, suicide,

names of perpetrators by after school news glorified

Children poisoned by additives, fast food, toxic emissions,

drugs, unproved vaccines, poor nutrition

The brain bent by video games, where you get points to kill,

Hyperactive, pregnant, anxious? Just take a pill

Parental discipline prohibited leaves feelings of defiance

becoming subject to substance abuse and its reliance

Fake news, lack of trust, internet bullying, movie violence,

leads to a loss of empathy and poor compliance

Cell phone and internet addicted, with no social connections,

now susceptible to online predators, and gang affiliations

Children of single parents, overcrowding, and poverty,

left with no supervision, they become what we call latch key

So if you wonder why they go to school to kill

Don't worry, pharmaceutical companies say everything can be fixed by a pill

Just shift the blame to guns while another flag for a coffin is unfurled

Treat the symptoms not the disease Oh what a beautiful world

  • Author: sorenbarrett (Offline Offline)
  • Published: April 27th, 2023 09:24
  • Category: Unclassified
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  • 2781

    I know its accelerating but wonder if our parents and grandparents seen the signs?

    • sorenbarrett

      Thank you for the review and kind words. I'm 72 years old my parents and grand parents always said that the younger generation was going down hill but I don't think they saw the causes.

    • Doggerel Dave

      Please stop! Headache Impending!🙂. Great stuff though. I'm going to mine a line (the topic expressed) every time I want a cause to poeticise. Now forward to the causes poem?
      Such rich content.

      • sorenbarrett

        Thanks Dave I always appreciate your words. It was just a rant that I had to get out.

        • Doggerel Dave

          Very understandable, Soren.

        • L. B. Mek

          indeed, nothing like Earth in our nearby Galaxies
          despite it all, we're as good as it gets
          in our universe neighbourhood
          so we might as well, make the best
          of it all..
          'Look for the bare necessities, the simple bare necessities
          Forget about your worries and your strife
          I mean the bare necessities, old mother nature's recipes
          That bring the bare necessities of life'

          • sorenbarrett

            Oh yes dear friend, we have to look for the best and the bare necessities are where happieness starts. Thanks so much for the reveiw of this simple rant.

          • Bella Shepard

            "Entropy is a measure of disorder and in our universe, everything tends to move from less disorder to more over time". Seems these days we are on a collision course with it. Sadly my friend, you pegged it right. Don't know if there is an antidote for it.

            • sorenbarrett

              Thank you so much Bella for the review and insightful comments. Sadly I feel you are right the cost may be too high.



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