All He Is

he thinks
he's a big man
thinks
he could do it
but all he is
is a little boy

put me in the war
and I'll shoot 'em all up
he says
I'll kill all of them
kill all those damn Iraquis

but all he is
is the class clown
all he is
is a dumb fool
striving for attention

all he is
is some poor kid
thinking he's cool
because he wears all the cool t-shirts
knows all the cool music
but he's oblivious
to the world around him.

-This was written about a kid in one of my classes. He got on my nerves a lot because it seemed like he never knew what was going on in the world besides the fact that there was a war going on and that anyone could kill the bad guys.-

<3 - brittany