A World Like This

Winnie the Pooh
and Tigger too
couldn't have dreamed
of a world like this.

A world where kids
stay doped up
on Ritalin and Prozac,
while drug dealers
work the swingsets
and slides
of a local playground.

A world where kids
with guns and the will to kill
run the streets
with cold, hard eyes -
their conscience seared
by the flames of abuse
and neglect.

A world where the innocent
pay for the crimes
of the guilty, and justice
has become a four letter word.

A world that I once loved
but now only seek
to escape.

No, Winnie the Pooh
and Tigger too
couldn't have dreamed
of a world like this.

But the funny thing is,
I think our dreary friend
Eeyore
saw it coming
all along.