Generations

"Teenage Riot"-Sonic Youth I guess it's a little easy to write poems about teenagers. maybe I should try thirty year olds next.

And I realize that

we are just generations

the products of looselipped, cigarette tongued

mothers, once the same teenagers

spinning in fast cars through seasons

that crinkle as leaves dry and fold

 

until eventually the novelty disintegrates,

the engines start to wheeze

and the music itself

lies dead in the jingle of a target commercial

 

funny to think that we once thought

we were the only beings to see the world in technicolor

to witness a sky that darkened only

when we willed the night.

Reviews

[Zarathustra]

You are Right!! 100%
My mom gave up on the Cigarettes though and she is still looselipped haha

love it
perfect for teenagers who don't know their heritage :-)
but being serious the imagery and the feelings are amazing and nothing less than flawless