Hi!
I know you're only 5 years old,
But you're going to have to go to school
Until you're 17 or 18;
Or 19 or 20
If you're not smart enough;
Or if you buckle under the stress of things
You're never going to have to use again.
And hi!
I'm back again.
I know you're only 16,
But you have to figure
Out what you're going to do
In life so you can make money
And you can pay bills
And be a housewife.
No, no, no!
There are no more housewives!
Hi!
Long time no see,
Not really cuz you're only 19.
You're going to have to go to college now
And get a degree
In something you kind of,
Maybe,
Sort of,
Don't,
Not really want to do,
So you can get a job
And get money.
Because if you don't get this degree
In something you don't really want to do,
You're not going to get the job,
You're not going to get the money,
And you are not going to survive
In this fucked up society
That I have so gladly
Created for you,
Your parents.
Hey I know you just graduated,
And I know there are no open jobs
In the degree you have,
But guess what?
You're going to have to get a job
As a janitor right now
Because there is nothing else
For you.
Do anything you need to make money!
So you can pay rent,
So you can live your life,
And pray to God
That your psyche doesn't go out the window!
You're only 17 years old
And you're so emotionally unstable
You can't play a game,
But you're going to have to get your ass up
Because no matter how much you're dead inside
Or emotionally incapable,
You have to carry 10 times
The weight
Of somebody who just can't
Walk straight.
Go to school.
Get a degree.
Get a job.
And die
Unhappy.
Welcome to America.
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I Can't Fake It
Puisi• Cover by: @riyuskki • A spam book, essentially, of poems. On the last day of seeing my friend of three years he told me: "Keep writing. You have a talent for it and I can tell you get something from it." So today, I present to you the contents of...
