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Respect?
A forty year old told me
I don’t have enough respect for my elders
I smiled and thanked her for her opinion
And walked away

Later when I talked to her in my head
I managed to let loose what I really thought
Of course, it is easier to be cutting to your imagination

Respect?! Should I show respect for dogs too?
Well, actually, make that a worm
Even a dog has it’s moments of loyalty and empathy
But worms slurp about, eat, and do whatever
And get themselves dried up on the sidewalk
Whenever the rain comes

In fact, all you elders are a lot like worms
Digging around to no real end
Always in the dark and blind

Your daughters call me at 3am
About the baby they don’t want to have
Because nine months from now you are going to throw them out
No child of yours was raised that way- of course not.
Your sons tell me about the drinking and smoking they’ve done
Since they were sixteen
You are just afraid to see
That your negligence makes us want to die

Sure you grew up in the age when people drank out of the same can of pop
Sure you grew up when playing outdoors and not on the ps3 was the thing
Sure you grew up with radio and not ipods
Sure you grew up in an age different from ours
But you are the ones that helped sculpt the this time into what it isn’t
You are the ones that forbid the sharing of pop because of the germs
You are the ones that can’t let your child go out of doors because of the murderer down the street
Let the game system entertain and raise your kid because you are at work, that’s ok

But just realize, that we have no connection to you
We connect to each other
To get away from you
You are so blind

And when it rains
When you call needing that $50 for gas
When you want to come over and have my thanksgiving dinner
The $300 for the power bill
$800 for rent
I don’t know why I don’t leave worms on the sidewalk to dry