where i grew up children should be seen and not heard
so the world stays silent to your screams
blind eyes are turned to perfect parents with fucked up kids
and are given pity and not alarm
"don't inturrupt me when i'm speaking" and "this is our little secret" was the anthem of my youth
days filled with yes ma'am and no sir
hiding from stout legs underneath homemade tents

Now I am in the Land of Adult
And no matter how far I run, that little fro-haired child follows me
I refer to my peers as ma'am and sir
And patiently wait for my turn to speak
I'm a database for secrets
And I can wait hours for a redneck muthafuka to notice me and move the fuk outta my way
But the legacy of my childhood is that I can disapear for days into unnamed holes and hide behind facades
Convince everyone I'm okay and tell fantisful stories of my time away
Those days spent in solitary confinement in and of themselves are my childhood legacy
And in all honesty
My life
CHILDHOOD LEGACY
This poem is an entwinning of several personalities i've known
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