buhdda toe

just when i could lift my head
above the dark teen cloud
here comes another one. the boy
turns 12 turns snarl and wharl
obsessive he plays a vid game
into junkie. i can only hope
he'll swim outta that before too loong.
i'm trying to limit the intake
get him involved in other things
like do you want to play a game
of cards or maybe put together that
circuit? and hey /you should practice
your bass every night cuz you chose
to take orchestra in skool i tried to get you
to take computer class so you'd learn something
useful but you chose an art/ what
is it with my kids and these
tendencies
like my daughter who wants
to bum around america selling
her art but not to just anyone no
yuppies or suits she says & when i say
but they're known as patrons
she says patronize this
heh, but that'll change after she works
the grill at stake n shake
for a week or two, a month or two a year
or two n gets stuck like we all do
just trying to keep a roof and some smiles
for her lover who's working 40 at the car
wash cuz that's the only place that'll give her
a job since her mom took off
to lakeland with a nineteen
yr old boy to have a baby and neglected
to provide
her with an id which in this day n age
is essential since the new patriot act anti
terror provisions have gone into effect
so bad that soon no one
will be bumming around the country
unless it's as tourists, artists
being persona non grata so it's my job
as a parent to convince my son
that even art takes work.