work
we may not have wanted to
but back then i knew a lot
of other teenagers who had jobs
some of us worked the mall
others did the fast food route
many brave souls cut
lawns in the summer heat
the point is, there weren’t
many handouts to go around
from the parents
now, i know times
are tough these days
jobs are scarce
and with the idiots
that we have running things
times are bound to get tougher
and i’m the last guy
to advocate for employment
but tomorrow morning
if those teenagers
are sitting on that stoop
with nothing to do
but smoke cigarettes in the sun
toss another butt at my legs
pretending that it’s an accident…
well, i’m going to have
no choice but to put them to work
one by one or all at once
even if it kills me.
That should scare them straight!
ReplyDeleteGood luck with that....