Post Generation X

My generation. So to speak

I was born in nineteen eighty 

A birthday kind of hex

My pinnacle is cynical 

Post generation X 

I was Ronald Reagan's love child

Born in a cabbage patch

A Grand Theft Auto Legacy

My key was in the latch 

Instant access pornographic 

The moonwalk slid on by

Berlin wall Disintegration 

When space junk lit the sky 

Madonna Manson Flava Flav

Explicit in content 

Acquitted OJ Rodney verdicts

Justice was circumvent 

 Intern's smearing semen stains

A minstrel lost his head 

Shotgun automatic weapons

When Columbine ran red 

Elect a privileged simpleton 

Flying the terror skies

Concrete and steel disintegrate 

Allah's extremists rise

Tweeting Facebook global village

I've never met my friends 

Spyware information data 

tracking how we spend 

The world that we inherited 

A swindlers debut

Exploitation of the many

to benefit the few 

Carbon monoxide crack pipe dreams 

The climate change complex

The Wal Mart peasant under class

Post generation X 

Author's Note

"When space junk lit the sky" Is a reference to the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
"A minstrel lost his head" is a reference to Kirk Cobain's Suicide. The rest of the poem is gravy.

Reviews

[icelandicblue]

I remember where I was on the day in January when the Challenger blew up. Great poem BR reminded me of Billy Joel's song We Didn't Start The Fire. This is good stuff.

[Baby Ricochet]

Thank you Blue

[Brittany Zedalis]

I LOVE this!! Thankfully I get most of the references haha

[Baby Ricochet]

Thanks for stopping by Brittney

[Marie]

Not exactly a rant, but I wouldn't call it nostalgia either. I'm old enough to many more meoories, of course...Kennedy's assination...the first moon shot...Nixon's resignation..

It all runs together.

[Baby Ricochet]

After awhile it does

[Ruth]

Ah, nostalgia can be a blessing and curse lol Awesome x

[Baby Ricochet]

That's for sure. Thanks Ruth

[Lyn Anderson]

I love it. Your bite has bark and vice versa my friend.:)

[Baby Ricochet]

Thank you KL

[Pax]

Reading this makes me realized, its been far that our cultural ways had gone from old to relatively new and easy than before.... a very strong piece my friend...

[Baby Ricochet]

thank you Retropax

[Tai Ryens]

What a stunning portrayal of some of the most influential events that have taken place in the relatively recent decades, and I've read too much literature revolving around said decades to recognize most of the happenings mentioned here. Awesome piece, Baby, keep it up.

[Baby Ricochet]

Thanks tai...............

[Vidya Bacchus]

This was awesome Baby.This age we live in is something else.

[Baby Ricochet]

Thank you Vidya

[Vidya Bacchus]

You are welcome :)

[Honey-Bee]

This is an awesome poem! Born in a cabbage patch and my key was in the latch--Cute!

[Baby Ricochet]

Thanks for stopping by