Then We'll Know We've Failed Them
by christopher-cizek
When kids pop more pills than balloons
at a fair, take more rips from bongs
than Beyblades, shake hands with dirty
dollars and plastic bags, steal more money
than hearts, are in more mugshots than family
photos, kill more than war, sell more weed
than lemonade, read more billboards than books,
go through more girlfriends than socks in a week,
text more than they write, inject more heroin
than flu vaccinations, drink more beer than fruit punch,
put their lips around more pipes than Popsicles,
and die more than live;
then we'll know we've failed them.