Ride the Ferris wheel of life
Through all it's ups and downs
See the sights, feel alive
Though mundane are the towns

Interplay and social grace
Are for the chosen few
When power occupies a place
That goodness ought to do

Exposure and abuse you see
Endemic as they are
Watch confidence turn into plea
And near to very far

Vulgar is as vulgar does
We've got so much you see
That people wish the is that was
Are things we'll never be

So hope is best, and work and rest
Acceptance is the key
But gang behavior fails the test
I'd rather just be me.
ttr