born and bred <br />bred and bored <br />beaten and misused <br />undervalued <br /> <br />cursed and crossed <br />clipped and cropped <br />defeated and confused <br />undervalued <br /> <br />did not have parents <br />existing in parentheses <br />no guardian with wings <br />to make the best of things <br /> <br />grew up embittered <br />in the twisted South <br />not to be raised <br />with a spoon in my mouth<br /><br />Philip Hoom<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/spoon-in-my-mouth/
