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Great
This was a performance piece for my poetry class. Anyway im not sure how well it goes over just being read, because its meant for stylistic changes and what not, but here it is anyway. This is title 'great'.
I spend a lot of time hearing about the insignificance of my generation. We weren’t in Normandy we didn’t go to the moon we didn’t fight the war in ‘nam or fight against it. My generation love our lives in posh houses and behind computer screens the baby boomers have to take classes to deal with us our egocentric nature getting in late, multi-tasking We don’t even see as the world passes us by from our couches with our Wii controllers what do you expect from a generation deemed millennial? Piercing ears brows lips belly buttons and places deemed inappropriate by our school board. The mall is our war as the shoes are sold out, the new game gone, the chick from the other clique kissing your boyfriend then there are boys kissing boys? what would Jesus say? My grandfather frowns at my dress as I wear ‘dungarees’ that’s what the factory workers wore the place he strived to get away from his granddaughter emulates No grandpa, these aint dungarees these are jeans. Foolish Silly Stupid Idiotic These all mean the same thing? how should I know? I was texting in English. Culture? the most I know of culture was my trip to Jamaica the Villa on the beach and the ghost mansion, I didn’t even see beside the road the naked people in boxes. and I watch those infomercials The guy holding the child save this kid? I know my money goes into rich pockets but it looks like Im doing good donating, I pretend I don’t know the old guy is paying to sleep with that little girl. Are we failures, right now definitely. Ecstasy, Weed, and Alcohol Seriously? Party Hard, think later or never as the case seems The thing you don’t know is... I will be the man standing in front of tanks I will be the woman studying chimpanzees I will be the starving searching for peace I will be the helping hand at the Soup Kitchen I will be the doctor doing heart surgery on the homeless child I will be great, just give me the chance. |
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