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
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Author:
sorenbarrett (
Offline) - Published: April 27th, 2023 09:24
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I know its accelerating but wonder if our parents and grandparents seen the signs?
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.
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.
Thanks Dave I always appreciate your words. It was just a rant that I had to get out.
Very understandable, Soren.
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'
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.
"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.
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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