KIDS
THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT?
1/3 of all Ontario high school students are
suffering from moderate to severe depression
+ anxiety This an alarming leap from 2013
when only 1/4 rated their mental health as fair
to poor
Why would this be the case? In a world where a
man with yellow hair +a perma-tan is the newest
opoid of the masses Forget hillbilly heroin the
Donald is: cultural heroin according to the Atlantic
Monthly Then there’s Melania real housewife from
hell teasing us with bromides cribbed from Michelle!
Let’s face it the kids are spending 5 hrs a day plugged
in wondering when the next lone wolf is coming to a
theatre near you And worrying about a virus found recently
in Culex quinquefaciatus a mosquito 20 times more common
than the one behind Dengue
We have yet to find an exotic alien civilization +are faced with
the cold realization that humanity may be truly alone Except
for the man with yellow hair: Americans call them hillbillies,
rednecks, white trash, but I call them friends +family
Kids your life is ahead of you the world your oyster! Bromides+
platitudes Grab hold of the chair in your parent’s kitchen + don’t
let them pry your fingers off or tempt you with slogans like:
Real war heroes don’t get captured
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Summer 2016
songanddancegirl 