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Chaos


Earthquakes in diverse places
Ghoulish looks on crackhead faces


Flooded homes floating nowhere
Dope boy slangin' without a care


Hurricane's whistle mass destruction
Kids ignore adult instruction


Time marching on waiting for none
Little innocent ones having fun


365 days ain't very much
Woman so sensitive to man's touch


Swifter than the speed of sound
Volcanic lava knocking trees down


Year after year coming on fast
The last will be first and the first last


Folks passing over day by day
Work so hard for such little pay


Sexually active, out of control
So many children not in the fold


Preachers are preaching in their own word
Teachers are teaching lessons absurd


Shuttle's lift off into space
Pock like holes in a junkie's face


Over the counter fast, quick fix
Ecstasy is a man made mix


Heroin back out on the street
Man and computer science compete


No choice but to end this rhyme
Afraid we've run right out of time...


*Poetic Form - Rhyming Couplets

Written by Renee Matthews-Jackson

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