Howl 21: For Generation X
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I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked, wasted once happy kids, lifeless souls, lifeless monsters, ghosts
who got high on grades, low on life, overdosed on ambition
who got the hereditary disease
who reached for the sky, got there, plateaued, aimed higher, then nosedived
falling imagine dragons where demons hide, cool eyes
who never satisfied, wandered aimlessly through the hallowed halls
chamber to glorious chamber relishing in the glory only to fall again
desecrated by an unfailing emptiness, cuddling comatose
soulless bodies going through the motions haunting halls
fast cars, knife scars, battered bloodied hearts that beat without beating
tanning beds, bottomless alcohol, decayed heart, mind, and soul
headphones in, world out, no silence, no peace, empty mind
zoom blaring only just a dream, zoom blaring blank space, zoom blaring man in the mirror, zoom blaring no church in the wild, zoom blaring zoom blaring blaring blaring noise blaring bad vybz no konshens blaring static nothing noise flatline, silence blaring
who were sacrificed upon the altar before 21 going a little too fast MADD
whose blackness battles still hoped to overcome someday
little fairy princess intsta prostitute @squatsteam
little boy soldier no longer boy, still soldier #babypleasecomehome
who fought on the streets of some abandoned city, brother against brother, for their lives
cut down, drown in brother’s blood
who died before Tetelestai
in the courts, in the heart, mind, soul
forever fighting the riptide bleeding red all red, everything red, the world was color blind but not
Abel’s blood called out: #blacklivesmatter #LGBTQI++livesmatter #whysopolarized #why #why #why #why #why
difference makes the heart grow fonder, but no one cared in the first place
who used to watch Zaboomafoo, Zoom, but those kids are gone
Zamboomafoo died too but Kratts still around
who raised children before they had grown up themselves, got blamed, even though they were only half to blame
who were just another Pecola looked down upon wishing to be beautiful,
it wasn’t her fault, it never was
who looked for love in the wrong places
who needed someone to give them worth, meaning #girlyou’reamazingjustthewayyouare #reasonswhypeopleloveBrunoMars waited for someone to sing them #allofme
where have all the flowers gone, little daisies, edelweiss, father Abraham’s scattered seed
the sea is ready to give up her dead
who set souls aflame on fire burning up with love for all
picking up the trampled flowers a new bouquet
Tetelestai almost time, when will they ever learn?