Friendly Advice

Ride a bike,
Skip school,
Sneak out of the house,
Get nabbed by the cops.

Run away from home,
Join the circus,
Hang out with a homeless man with one eye,
Work a crappy job,
Quit and make a scene when you do it.

Freight hop across America,
Shave your head,
Shave your eyebrows too.
Try to join a motorcycle gang,
With no motorcycle.

Ask a girl out,
Tell her you have no money,
Get married,
Get divorced,
Pay child support,
You still have no money.

Get a car,
Don’t pay the note,
Watch it get repo’d.
Get kicked out of your apartment.

Start a garden behind a Wendy’s.
Play the violin,
Decide you hate the violin,
So, you try the piano,
That sucks too.

Eat Greek food in the town plaza,
Talk to no one
Or talk to everyone
Sit at the bus stop with the crazies.

Waste your life,
Get in a lot of trouble,
Break all the rules,
But whatever you do,
Don’t stare at your phone screen.