"ROACHES, RATS AND ONIONS" COPYRIGHT 2001

They say that my species is endangered

because where I live is like a

jungle

My sister is having another baby,

well I'll be a monkey's

uncle.

My teenage years, have barely appeared,

but I feel like I am a

hundred

Our population is falling and my blood

pressure is rising because we are dying

younger.

My eyes, are always opened wide, because

killers and cut-throats live among

us

The things I've seen, and the screams I've

screamed, are terrifying enough to numb

ya.

No one will give me the answers to my questions,

so I am left to

wonder

When will the "someday" come when

"we shall overcome" and where in the hell is

yonder.

My stomach's walls, are about to fall,

from a gut wrenching

hunger

The loud sound, of my belly's growl,

reminds me of the raging

thunder.

I drink my tears to quench my thirst

and air sandwiches are my daily

consumption

I have no scraps for the ROACHES and RATS

so they cry as they chew on an ONION.....