z_x_silas

American

I am the last of a dying breed
Raised in prosperity and promiscuity
With poverty and promise
With power for the populous
Raised as a prisoner of petroleum
The potent fragrance of patriotism
Infects my pours
Born after the baby boomers
and Reaganomics
The bastard child of Bush and Clinton
Before Starbucks
Before Windows
Without McDonalds
Without Nike
The end of a millennium
Microchip founded future
I am not Gen. X, Y, or Pepsi
Just the next to be seen
Or whatever the media makes me believe
Ive seen earthquakes and riots
In California
Ive seen schools and students
Executed in Colorado
Homemade terrorism in Oklahoma
Buildings crumble in New York
Mast suicide of cults
Celebrities murdered by loved ones
Flooding!
Tornadoes!
War!
The last 20 years have been incredible
Inevitable and sometimes indescribable
I am the last of my kind free from the past
and terrified of tomorrow
Who will I remember?
Jordan
Jackson
De Neiro
Bounds
Madonna
McVeigh!
Simpson!
Spears!
Bin Laden!
Who?
Without real heroes drenched in real villains
I am the puddle of stagnate dreams and procrastination
I am the faceless child of this nation
I am bound for glory but doomed for damnation
I am the bloody knuckles of my generation!
I am the last son of temptation!
--Z.Silas Herrera