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The Greatest poem/song of all time
"Working Class Hero - John Lennon"

"As soon as your born they make you feel small,
By giving you no time instead of it all,
Till the pain is so big you feel nothing at all,
A working class hero is something to be,
A working class hero is something to be.
They hurt you at home and they hit you at school,
They hate you if you're clever and they despise a fool,
Till you're so fucking crazy you can't follow their rules,
A working class hero is something to be,
A working class hero is something to be.
When they've tortured and scared you for twenty odd years,
Then they expect you to pick a career,
When you can't really function you're so full of fear,
A working class hero is something to be,
A working class hero is something to be.
Keep you doped with religion and sex and TV,
And you think you're so clever and classless and free,
But you're still fucking peasants as far as I can see,
A working class hero is something to be,
A working class hero is something to be.
There's room at the top they are telling you still,
But first you must learn how to smile as you kill,
If you want to be like the folks on the hill,
A working class hero is something to be.
A working class hero is something to be.
If you want to be a hero well just follow me,
If you want to be a hero well just follow me"

-John Lennon

This is a piece from a great man that I hope to someday be half the man he was.

I'm a crazy, I'm a loony, and be warned I'm no longer answering or returning comments due to the nature of my situation please do not be offended by this I mean no hurt by this gesture, but I need to be careful with how I handle communications, if you are under 18 I ask that you do not comment at all, but enjoy and even share my work, I do not need praise or touch ups, all of this is pure raw emotion. In no way am I trying to communicate with Minors, or to start relationships, I just wish to use my first amendment rights to share my feelings with the world.

To be known to all, I shall state this, I'm not proud of it, but it is so. I am a registered sex offender, have been since I was 14, I've made my fair share of mistakes, I've never preyed on the young, but I fell in love with a girl significantly younger than myself, and had a child together. The courts got involved and now I'm not only a sex offender like before, but am also now a felon with no rights to privacy, no rights of choice, and no rights to see my fiance or son. This is the doing of a choice I made, I wish not to victimize anyone involved in the case, and hold no Ill will towards anyone anymore.

I hope I am not shut down for my honesty, I wish to share my experiences and warn others to not make the same mistakes I did. My poetry is a way for me to vent and for me to express myself and my view of not only my situation, but the situations of thousands going through the legal system, and just normal life.

Not all of my poetry is about the legal system and there is some private work that came strait from my heart, I try to not use names because I do not wish to hurt or communicate with others in ways that may seem trivial.

I hope this is read, and I hope you all can still realize that I am not a monster, I am just as human as anyone else on this site and I hope none of my work has, or will be taken in the wrong way