NATIVE SON Brooks Bradbury 16 NOVEMBER 2013 THE GENERATION AFTER THE GREATEST ONE GREW UP PROUD AS NATIVE SONS HEIRS TO THEIR NEW BRAVE WORLD THEY RAISED THEIR FLAG NEW LIVES UNFURLED FRESH CHALLENGES AND FUTURE SHOCK NUCLEAR TICKS OF A DOOMSDAY CLOCK ALWAYS MINDFUL OF THE PRICE THEY PAID GRATEFUL FOR THE PATH THEY MADE PERPLEXED AT TODAY'S REALITY AND TEAR-IT-DOWN MENTALITY PERHAPS THE GREATEST NOW REGRET WHAT THEY'VE GIVEN AND WHAT THEY'VE DONE AND THE FEELINGS FELT BY NATIVE SONS LEAVING NOW AS CHILDREN NURSING HALLS FILL NATIVE SONS CARRY ON THEIR CHERISHED HIGH IDEALS PRECIOUS FEW UPHOLDING WELL-LEARNED VALUES STILL THESE ARE THE DAYS OF NATIVE SONS OF A WELL-EARNED FUTURE THANKFULLY SOUGHT WHY DOES IT SEEM THE GREATEST ONES REGRET WHAT THEY HAVE WROUGHT GROWING UP SOME NORMAL KID WE THOUGHT WE DID AS NEIGHBORS DID HALLOWED GROUND AND VALUES DEAR WE'VE COME SO FAR AND AS I LOOK AROUND WHY AM I THE STRANGER HERE? A PACHYDERM PARTY A HERD OF RED ASSES VIGILANT GUARDIANS OF A NARROWING VIEW NATIVE SONS SHOCKED AT WHAT NOW PASSES FROM THE GENERATION THAT 'GOT IT DONE' FINAL TANTRUMS BEFORE THEY'RE GONE ANGER AT CHANGE AND VEILED ATTACKS RACISM CONTINUES AND CIVILITY LACKS HE HAS ENDURED THE AGE'S GREATEST CHANGES AND SAVORED EVERY GIFT FROM THE GENERATION BEFORE HIM OLD MINDS ARE NEGATIVE AND STIFF WHERE EVER HAS 'WHAT'S RIGHT' GONE? NATIVE SONS PONDERS THIS IT SEEMS THE GREAT GENERATION REJECTS WHAT THEY HAVE DONE LEAVING NOW THEIR NATIVE SON TO PONDER HOW HE'S BECOME A STRANGER ON THE RUN
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