YOUR POEMS by Di Klepac

YOU CAN LIVE IN YOUR DREAMS
IF YOU WANT TO
AND YOU CAN DRESS REAL SHABBY
YOU CAN’T GO STABBING ANYONE
BUT YOU CAN BUY CABLE TELEVISION
YOU CAN READ FABLES AND LABELS
AND ALL THROUGH THIS
YOU HAVE TO STAY STABLE IN MIND AND BODY
IF YOU ARE UNABLE
YOU CAN ALWAYS BE A BEGGAR
OR YOU CAN LABOR AWAY AT A JOB
DON’T BE TO EASILY PERSUADED
IN ANYTHING
IT COULD HURT YOU BADLY
AND SOCIETY WILL DO IT GLADLY
IT’S A MIXTURE OF ALL THIS MADNESS
THAT ENDS IN SADNESS
IT CAN BE CONTAGIOUS
IF YOU CANNOT BE COURAGEOUS
IT’S TOTALLY OUTRAGEOUS
SO AWAKEN YOUR DREAMS
BUT DO NOT BE MISTAKEN
BECAUSE AIMLESS DREAMS
WILL LEAVE YOU STRANDED.