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Twenty One
Contributed by
flavellm
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Wednesday, 13th June 2012 @ 02:14:12 PM in AEST
Topic:
AngryPoetry
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21 Years Old
The world is at your feet
and your in control
so son what is it to be
Asda, a call centre, or love on the dole
I wanted to be a architect but that was clearly a unrealistic ambition
rightfully deserving sardonic comments and sneering derision
but I never saw myself becoming a social-nuisance, hanging out in bus shelters
and spending afternoons aimlessly walking around, discount shopping centres
I guess my future plans wont come to fruition
thats not to say that I havn't got the ambition, it's more the
life-time of debt you saddle, to finance the neccessary tuition
It felt like a act of god
but I finally got a job
ears pricked and ready to respond to the tea-bell
and I'm everybody's servile little helper
plus I get to squint at a screen and dribble whilst
hap-hazardly slapping spacebar and enter
Yes I am dissatisfied
living in a society so stratified
my senses have been dulled in a job of ceaseless monotony
millions are sweating in the engine rooms of a business friendly economy
where job satisfaction, recognition and self worth are becoming strange anomalies
to the worker
whose pittance of a pay packet is a injustice to his contribution
but its a system where the most selfish and cunning habitually succeed
and we're there servile, subordinate, fawning insignificance, ready to concede
28 years old
Something queasy is churning inside
as a resolute stance begins to slide
flailing against this filthy rivers tide
as waves of unemployment menacingly rise
gibbering, quivering and spreading it fine
just a weeks wage above the poverty line
sunday dinners of watery gravy
sweaty cabbage and tasteless meat
its just a payday loan between you
and being turfed out on the street
your wifes on the kitchen floor sobbing
the vein in your temple is throbbing
its never been this desperate before
its just a pawned wedding ring between you
and the bailiffs knocking at your door
42 years old
Looking into the eyes of the one you've brought into this world
as you gently take her hand, trudging solemnly with a tear rolling down your cheek
as she skips playfully alongside you down a warped and decrepit street
innocent, unspoilt, unaffected, she's nine years old with the world at her feet
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2012-06-13 14:14:12]
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Re: Twenty One
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by sherrypink on
Monday, 18th June 2012 @ 04:55:28 AM AEST
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| I hear what you are are saying and absolutely agree. |
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Re: Twenty One
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by Former_Member on
Sunday, 15th July 2012 @ 01:21:51 PM AEST
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| Some very good social-statement poetry. I don't know much about rap, but reading your work certainly leads me in that direction. You need a recording contract. |
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