They were the cheated generation: <br />Young between two wars <br />Then trapped in promises <br />Of better times to come, <br />Stuck by green stamps <br />That pledged fair shares, <br />Unprepared to take <br />Before the cost could be met, <br />Watching their modest ambitions <br />Slip through the net, <br />Knowing the fickleness of politicians <br />Was no worse than the misguided idealism <br />Of those who believed the Kingdom of Man on earth <br />Could be sown by a state. <br />Now old and livid, displaced, <br />Resenting the lies and the cries <br />Of the dismal young, <br />They drift on a raft in a darkening sea, <br />Watching firm friendships grow fainter <br />In a world desperate to defy destiny.<br /><br />Len Webster<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/on-the-rubbish-dump-of-a-century/
