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They taught me to hide and hate And seethe As a boy In school The teachers who paddled And school mates who Pummeled me In plain sight, the adults Ignoring I went home and watched wars On TV Cowboys and Cavalry Recipe For disaster Fuse Litlong ago It's quicker now Or so they say I'm told they go Off at 6 And 7 The little boys; They call it ADD Chickens coming home To roost Playing Nintendo Watching the news Counting electric kills Sucking sugared sodas Biding their time by John Telos Copyright © John Telos Inspiration: The way in which boys, especially white ones are raised in this country and what price we may all pay for that |
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All Poems by John Telos: Trickle Down Economics, I Look Back, Exposed, The Torch, Beauty, Racing, You're The One, Suicide Bomber, A Flower in the Field, The Opposite Sex, Hold Fast, Gaping Wounds and Clipping Coupons, I Close My Eyes, The Other Land (Depression Part I), I Can Dream, Grant Me, The Deepest Things, For Lack of Love, Profiling, God is..., First Summer In The Country, Tell Me, Child of The Revolution (Part I), Eyes of Night, F'd Up, Vietnam To Gulf War Gap, An Army of One, Sex Is Bad, The Madman's Song, Child of The Revolution (Part II), 1984 Redux, Blackout, Sugar and Spice, Jesus I'm Bored, I am Broken, too, Rush, Would You Like Fries With That Life?, The Other Land (Depression Part II), Ghost Dance, Q and A, Downsize Blues, Can I get some help here?, No Fly Zone (Manic Depression Part I), You Were I, Freestyle, Hinge, Ghost Dance II, god is a word you should shake with your fist, come on, you know you want to read this, Blistered Kiss, You Do The Math, Pick Your Poison, This, Censor This, Ruach, On My Birthday..., ONE DAY, AMEN, Best Fren-Frens, Live Always,