Listen and you'll hear them <br />But they are far away and sight is dim. <br />So go forward toward the sound <br />And perhaps they will be found. <br /> <br />Look about and perhaps you'll see <br />it's possible you'll find out where they be. <br />Still no sight but the sound is loud <br />Could it be they are under a shroud? <br /> <br />Still the sound, but no sight, <br />Maybe a different sense will find them. Right? <br />Sense of smell is called into play <br />For sure they are here as the odor's say. <br /> <br />Near they are, so near they be <br />Perhaps you can touch them before they flee. <br />Yes, you know there are thousands <br />Or perhaps as you say millions, <br />Are all about by sound and smell, but sight and touch <br />Should reveal their presence. But that's too much. <br /> <br />Why did you not see them is the puzzle? <br />Could it be that they're invisible <br />Or perhaps they are not there after all <br />Just some visionaries' wakeup call. <br />The Gen Lost are not to appear <br />Yet they are everwhere. <br /> <br />This generation of men and women are all about <br />Their presence is obvious, have no doubt. <br />For they contribute to the hubris every day <br />As they work (or should I say, play?) <br /> <br />Consumers all! And an essential element <br />To the progress that's called: Government. <br />Mindless souls that have no substance <br />As they rely on other's presence. <br /> <br />So now we know there are millions - everwhere, <br />Living free, without a care. <br />And perhaps we are like them after all <br />As we contribute to society's fall.<br /><br />Sidi J. Mahtrow<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/gen-lost-a-response-to-mill-field-s-poem/
