Present Thoughts

Small chaps, big chaps, in between chaps
running away in long striped scarves,
arriving on mody scooters,
silvered or grey.
Is it a phase? What's going on?
Why isn't there a war?
We're over civilised.
Rousseau was right - we've grown lazy,
our generation is out of hand
we accept and don't question,
following conventions we don't understand,
bowing down to unquestionable authority.
BAN THE BOMB!
I think not.
It's the ultimate deterrent
to over civilisation.
It checks us,
keeps us in hand.

J. P. Rossi, L.6.


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