Nightcrawler

Are we really this dirty generation,

or are we just aiming for what we

believe youth should look like – I can’t tell.

Why did we start doing drugs in middle school?

In a suburban community, no less.

Are we really fucking angry? I think we’re angry for sure,

actually. But I think we wear it

like armor

and exaggerate it

when we can

because that’s what we’re supposed to do.

Why is that what we’re supposed to do?

Have we been hurting each other this long

that the grain of sand,

the heat of hate

is raging in our DNA? 

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