CRUEL GENERATION (parady of lost generation poem)

CRUEL GENERATION (parady of lost generation)

I'm part of a cruel generation

and I refuse to belive that

I can change the world

I realise that this may come as a shock but

"Family stick together"

is a lie and

"it's every man for himself"

so in twenty years I'll tell my children

they are not the most important thing in my life

my employer will know that

I have my priorities straight because

work

is more important than

family

I tell you this

once upon a time

families stayed together

but this will not be true in my childrens era

this is a quick fix society

experts tell me

twenty years from now I will celebrating the 10th anniversary of my exile from home

I do not concede that

I will live in a country of my own making

in the future

family's falling apart will be the norm

no longer can it be said that

my parents and I love each other

it will be evident that

my family is spiteful and bitter

it is foolish to presume

there is hope

and all of this will come true

unless we reverse it

now read the poem in reverse

by shakira begum