Even rich white girls fall apart -- Roots out, blank blonde, chugging Fireball in the back seat The brown friend steering and Frowning and saying nothing Because Lena drives a Tesla To school and she's oh so Admirably thin, no boundaries At all, nothing really To speak of -- a free for All free falling through Structure, rules, no Sighting of the edge of 17 to be had -- it's Clouds of jupiter, I recall, Snatching stuff inside the mall What excuse is there as they wait On one foot for parents to arrive -- Her head bobbles like a wild plastic Dream -- I'll come back for it She hollers at the glass, Tossed and sloshing Under the seat -- ugh Lena, They say, old enough to find Themselves caught between Scylla and Charybdis: Collateral damage or Mother's admonition -- Some children have it worse. Include the ones who need it most -- The friend heh-heh's at the Rearview mirror, hands Gripping, stomach knotting Eyes catching on these Broken lines tearing by.
Roots out, blank blonde, chugging
Fireball .....caught between
Scylla and Charybdis, fiery stuff, Zed! Loved the ride.
Heartbreaking ‘cause it’s real.