Nevermind

It

smells like teen spirit

in the

school

gym.

*

In bloom,

yet

no one notices

what’s

growing.

*

Come as you are;

the schools lie,

but

just ignore

them.

*

Breed

young minds

to suit their

needs;

you don’t have

to be

what they want

you to

be.

*

Given

lithium to

stabilize your

mania

and

depression.

*

Polly

wants a cracker,

a new plaything,

not someone

who lives

their

life.

*

Territorial pissings

everywhere.

Don’t do this,

don’t do that.

Don’t go here,

don’t go there.

Follow the leader.

I

don’t

want

to.

*

Drain you,

they all do,

eventually.

Friendships,

romance,

rivals,

enemies.

Some days,

you need the

break.

*

We’re a

lounge act;

we pretend

we don’t care,

only to care

so

much.

*

Stay away

from

artificial acts.

They play

the same game

but they don’t

know how to

be

human.

*

Fragmented,

fractured,

we’re on a plain.

We don’t

all have

to behave

the

same.

*

Something in the way

but keep pressing

forward anyway.

Things will

look up

someday.

*

Endless, nameless,

chaotic and wild.

We live

spontaneously

because that’s

just the way

we

are.