Here – let me give you directions
so you’ll know the way to my house
before you get lost at an intersection,
and blow your engine out.
First, drive over the suspension bridge
named after a dead man who was famous.
Carrying passengers over whales and fish
with panoramas of skyscrapers.
You can speed past the expensive palace,
with the bright and colorful gardens
where the owner has a fork just for salads
and wears elegant garments.
If you see a father and son
spending time at the baseball field
practicing the techniques of a home-run,
you’ll be absolutely lost if you yield.
When you see the esteemed college
that accepts nothing beneath the genius level
to receive their knowledge,
you may as well stomp on the gas pedal.
But, when you see broken bottles on the pavement
and two drug addicts about to fight
about who short-changed the other on a payment,
at this point, take a right.
When you hear shots firing
and a random bystander hitting the ground,
but then you hear no siren –
at this point, slow down.
When you see my graffiti and rat infested building,
try to understand me and my lack of possession.
And then they wonder why our children
have such a lack of direction.
By: Darryl Walker, Jr.
Written: August 2010
Copyright (C) 2017
Photo Credit
Prompt: Survive
Zone of Non-being 
May 25, 2017 at 10:15 pm
Well-written… poignant, sadly too true.
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May 26, 2017 at 8:16 am
Thank you Sha’Tara! I wish this were not the case *shrugs shoulders*
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May 30, 2017 at 3:37 pm
Yep! And then blame it on the children for not trying harder to “pull themselves up by their bootstraps,” not understanding that first they need some boots
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May 30, 2017 at 6:54 pm
Right. And this in what is supposed to be the richest country in the world… but then every country is the richest if you’re part of the one percentile elite that makes the rules for the rest and calls for political correctness when the rules no longer fit the game.
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June 1, 2017 at 5:10 am
Very true. This is the richest country on Earth because the elites have no problem impoverishing other areas to make themselves a pretty penny. And you are right about political correctness – another way to ensure we all toe the line and suspend critical thinking
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June 1, 2017 at 5:08 am
Exactly. Poke our eyes out and then blame us for being blind. It is the same game all the time. We all know the drill at this point, smh.
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