Kids of Kolumbine

Kids of Kolumbine

I seem to me
less and less
of what I was supposed
to become;
having had a "free education"
as time passes
and I rattle along
the the creaking rusty conveyor belt
toward the edge
of it all.

Truly,
I'd just as soon
get off
and walk,
but that never seems
to work.

What was I
supposed to do
with all that
"education"
anyway?
Seemed to me
that all it was
was training to be
a football hero
or something just as
unlikely.

The main thing
I remember is
that if you didn't go,
the cops had the right
to turn you
into a drug addict
and shoot you.

Some scumbag school
administrator turkey
back east somewhere
punished
a couple of kids recently
for a hug.

A local football team,
ready to go to playoffs,
was stripped
of all it's years triumphs
because one of them
didn't have his physical exam
up to date.

It's garbage like that,
promulgated by
these snotty little
commie power sickos
who cause
school shootups;
not the poor children
they so cheerfully
abuse.

Doug Palmer