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WE RESIDE IN THE MIDDLE

 

We reside in the middle

Of a great injustice

Our children submerged

All expectations deferred

Until deferment is forgotten

And the present is empty

Of structure and guidance

With parents milling about

Congested with the close proximity

Of other humanity

At the apex of alienation

From government and authority

With only a thin green bank account

Between citizen and lay-a-bout

You see the lost ones

Once employed, looking for orders

But no one dictates

And they shuffle

Shuffle along

Waiting for orders that never come

            And here she is

            Golden slumbers meet my eyes

            An elegant bachelorette

            A match to my eloquence

            And she of nobility

            You can touch the perfection

            You can smell the erudition

            You can believe she is yours

Yet somehow she slips out of reach

As good at evasion as you are

And there is the heart of it

And why you cannot fully separate                                                  200723.3