SAD KIDS

want to find 
every
school
or
college
kid
with those downcast hiding eyes
and few friends
and pointed-in feet
all overdressed and overdone the best they can
but
with those stooped shoulders
that
just
cant
carry it off
and
all silent at home 
and in class
who
pack
defeat
with
their books in the morning
and 
tell them 
firmly and with proof
that
it
WILL
get better . . .

except
maybe
for
them 
it wont