Every once in a long while, I write some verses. Back in July, I got to feeling all kinds of bad about the whole John and Kate thing, because I feel that we as a society are largely to blame for the destruction of that family. On that topic, I wrote this (I apologize that it is pretty angry):
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John and Kate
Hey there media, let may lay upon you some expertise:
it ain't news worthy, to take your paparazzi,
and form your hotel dramadies, the preaching philosophies,
the never ending tragedy ending in hyperbole,
the weight of the world upon a young couple's shoulders,
a million prying eyes just hungering for a tidbit,
a factoid,
a mundane detail about her life she once enjoyed:
she shops at Payless, stop the fuckin' presses,
call the fuckin' cops,
you know I couldn't care less about her new god damn high-tops,
but the masses delight in her duress.
The comedian makes light of her plight:
a laugh crafted for cash, but who gives a damn about what's right?
slight after slight, you know this girl can't take it:
she's a casualty of the camera, forever fucked by the flashbulb.
and crack by crack the world crumbles from her shoulders,
her children bare witness to her crucifixion
just so the public can satisfy their addiction.
the marriage once strong is laid to waste.
and as it smolders, the cameraman catches a wiff,
but by then it's already over.
Using only our sense of sight,
we stripped this family of their rights,
Sure they signed on the dotted line,
but we're the ones who crossed it forty dozen times.
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If you've got anything you've written, please share. I love to read anything with a meter or rhyme.
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