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SWB Aug 2012
In the freshly seared hours of the morning
there's a hot, bothered growling
coming from beyond
the rose-studded chipping fence posts,
sick with the stench of stained mattresses
and mounds of cage-less garbage-
tossed *****-nilly
into a smoldering, contorted
**** of stacks.

Here,
in this spot of dawn
-in today's un-showered
moist enclave-
I find, syncopated
by the vrooooming scooters
and gassy buses,
a fresh hope diffusing faster
than the steam from drains,
-subtler than the soft soju snores
of last night's  curb cuddlers-
slinking up, down, around convenient stores' corners
past every security camera,
bouncing off rib cages,
tickling the barbules of  the songbird
perched in my utility wires
in a nest neater than my bed.
This is summer, Korea.
This is Korea in the summer.
jeffrey conyers May 2015
Be home before the street lights comes on.
Don't ******* looking for you.

If I have to tell you again, you're not going to like it.
Don't make me get up out this chair..

Schools, must think money grows upon a tree.
Yell, at your mother again.

Don't make me get my belt.
Get me a switch of the tree.

Whew!-things the old school parents stated to that child.
Comments, many cuddlers of sympathy wouldn't understand.
Your job raised and nurture children's into responsible adults.

Crying , I'm a single mother holds no truth for those that accomplished raising them nicely into great adults.

Excuses, excuses seem to be the nod of parents today.
Who seem more intimidated of child's protected services?
Then old school parents gave you options to call them and didn't care if they took you away.

Cause in truth, it was more for your protection.
For old school parents didn't play.
You learned to respect adults.
You learned when to and not to talk.

Excuses, excuses, we hear the young parents uses today.
Make even kids of old school parents have more respect for the way they was raised.

Church, wasn't an option in dad eyes.
Even if he regularly didn't attend church.
He made sure the kids got up and rise.

It kept mother on his side.
And if he attended church, he could see the joy in your mother's smile.

Too many excuses us used by parents today.
Then back in days of old the responsibility was a total group of committees.

Mothers, grandmothers, grandfathers and yes, even there or not there fathers.
Along with aunts and uncles that held reign of reeling you in before trouble begin.

Then ,those were the days that many reflects upon.
Some are cheaters.
Some are liers.
Some are lovers.
Some are cuddlers.
Some are *******.
Some are selfish.
Some are Adorable.
Some are Cute.
Some are not into you.
Some are into you.
life will get better.
It's better to be gay than be straight.

— The End —