-Anonymous
We read it in the papers and hear it on the air
Of killing and stealing and crime everywhere.
We sigh and we say as notice the trend,
This young generation ….where will it end?
But can we be sure that it’s their fault alone?
Are we less guilty, who place in their way
Too many things that lead them astray?
Too much money, too much idle time
Too many movies of passion and crime.
Too many books not fit to be read
Too much evil in what they hear said.
Too many children encouraged to roam
Too many parents who won’t stay home.
Kids don’t make the movies, they don’t write the books
They don’t paint the pictures of gangstars and crooks.
They don’t make the liquor; they don’t run the bars,
They don’t change the laws, and they don’t make the cars.
They don’t make the drugs that muddle the brain;
That’s all done by older folks…. eager for gain.
Delinquent teenager; oh how we condemn
The sins of the nation and blame it on them.
Instead of placing blame, let’s fix the cause,
And remember as we pause;
That In so many cases –it’s sad but it’s true-
The little “Delinquent” fits older folks too!
(Contributed by P. N. Manoj Kumar, Calicut)
