The Beholder

Messily spray-painted eyesores full of hate and vulgarity


Cover the decrepit buildings


Tiny, rundown houses are full of the poor


With never enough food on the table


And parents who are never home


Children play on fields now overrun with weeds and tall grass


Schools with barely any books and students who do not care enough to notice


Pathetic teachers who never really wanted this job, teach the few


Students who are naive enough to think they have a shot at an escape


The stench of all of the garbage on the streets


The worst part of town


Colorful depicitons of social injustice displayed across large brick canvases


Small homes with big families with just enough of love to go around


And parents who work extra hard around the clock


Children play on


Dedicated teachers who make up for a lack of materials with a love of the job


And instills a thirst for knowledge and a belief that anything is possible


In the students who will work at it


The smell of hard work, belief, and hope


The best part of town


The same part of town

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