Bad Poetry: Let Them

This reaction to a prompt at DVerse had been growing in my mind for four or five years.

Some people spend their time and money

Watching TV every day;

Buy whatever they see--how funny!

Then they throw the stuff away.

Let them buy things they don't want.

Let them buy things they don't need.

Let them watch until they can't

Even remember how to read;

That's all right; that's okay;

You don't have to listen to what they say.

You don't have to play the games they play.

You are you, and they are they.

Junior's got a brand new toy.

You might think that Junior's lucky.

Ah, but does he shout for joy

Or shout "It's babyish and yucky"?

Let him make his Grandma cry

'Cos what he thought he wanted last week

Was a whim that's passed on by;

Dump it in the lake or creek.

That's all right; that's okay;

You don't have to listen to what they say.

You don't have to play the games they play.

You are you, and they are they.

Additional verses are available to anyone who wants to sing this song.