Kids

They should be out playing
should be...
not smoking.
kids,
should, could
climb or find new paths
they could play
in the grass,
kids.
We used to, we ought to.
We can be older examples
and giggle through the forest
eating apples and
staining our tongues with
cold blueberries.
We can, wait
are you kidding?
We still are
making music with violins
and guitars and vocal chords on porches.
We still are
riding bicycles till two in the morning,
kids. Their video games
and their apathy,
hold them back from being.