BURN POETRY : CHILD SUPPORT
GARNISHMENT! GARNISHMENT! GARNISHMENT!!
THAT’S ALL I SEE ON A YOUNG MAN CHECK
CHILD SUPPORT GOT ANOTHER YOUNG MAN
ROBBING ANOTHER YOUNG MAN CHECK
AFTER KIDS, MONEY IS WHAT KEEPS A MAN HAPPY
IN A WORLD WHERE MOST PEOPLE LIVES IN POVERTY
LIVING BELOW THE MIDDLE CLASS,
WHILE YOU EVERY DAY BUST YOUR ASS
AND BUST YOUR ASS
AND AGAIN, BUST YOUR ASS
TO JUST MAKE OVER 400 – 600 A WEEK OR EVERY 2 WEEKS
WHILE YOUR BODY FEELS WEAK
SKIP EATING JUST TO FALL TO SLEEP
WAKE UP ALL OVER AGAIN
JUST TO BUST YOU ASS SOME MORE
KNOWING WHY YOU DO THIS.
THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, COMES THE MAIL
A MAIL LETTER STRAIGHT FROM HELL
WITH A HIGH CHANCE YOUR ONE DAY MIGHT NEED TO POST BAIL.
YOU SEE THE NAME OF THE PLAINTIFF AND THE DEFENDANT
AS WELL AS NOTHING BUT SHEETS AFTER SHEETS
OF CRAP ONLY THE SYSTEM WOULD KNOW
DEPENDING IF YOU PAY ATTENTION
OR COMPLAIN THAT YOUR NAME IS MENTION
EITHER WAY IT GOES
YOUR NAME BEEN MENTION
BUT WHAT I DON’T FULLY GET IS
THAT WHILE THIS YOUNG MAN
UNLIKE OTHER MEN
HAVE DID RIGHT BY HIS SEED
NEVER GOT INVOLVED IN HITTING THE MOTHER
NOR EVEN SMOKING A BAG OF WEED
YET THE GOVERNMENT SAID BY LAW
SOMEONE MUST PAY FOR THE CHILD
OR THE CHILD WON’T RECEIVE ANY BENEFITS
I WAS ALWAYS TOLD THAT DEADBEATS DON’T DESERVE SHIT
BUT THE EYE OF THE GOVERNMENT
YOUR A DEADBEAT THAT DON’T DESERVE SHIT
ONLY TO PAY UP FOR EXTRA SHIT
THAT MONEY YOU SAVE FOR IMPORTANT SHIT
HAVE BEEN REDUCED IN HALF IF NOT ALL
THAT’S THAT BULLSHIT
BUT TO MAKE IT WORST
THEY CAN SUSPEND YOUR LICENCE
MEANING YOU CAN’T DRIVE TO JOB
MEANING YOUR ASS IS SCREW FROM FINDING BETTER JOBS
MEANING YOU BETTER GET TWO OR THREE JOBS.
THE SYSTEM RAPE US YOUNG MEN
MENTALLY DESTORYS A YOUNG MEN
MORE AT CHANCE HE’LL BE A LOCK UP YOUNG MAN
FOR BEING LATE ON SHIT.
THE JUDGE DON’T CARE
THE SYSTEM DON’T CARE
AND IF YOUR ON BAD TERMS WITH THE MOTHER..
OOPS, I MEAN BABY MAMA
THEN SHE WON’T FUCKIN CARE !
WHY SHOULD THIS YOUNG MEN
WHO BEFORE ALL THE BULLSHIT
PAY MORE WHEN HE WAS PAYING ALREADY?
WHY SHOULD THIS YOUNG MEN
GET ROB FROM A CHECK THAT WON’T GO TO HIS SEED.
MOST LIKELY IT’S GOING TO AN AGENCY FULL OF
BLOODSUCKERS JUST TO MAKE UP THERE SALARY.
WHY MUST THIS YOUNG MEN AND EVERY YOUNG MEN
REGARDLESS OF RACE OR RELIGION MUST SUFFER
THE BULLSHIT CHILD SUPPORT COMES WITH
WHEN THEY’RE ALREADY SUPPORTING THE CHILD AND /OR CHILDREN
AND MOST OF THE TIME THE MOTHER AS WELL
WHY ISN’T THE GOVERNMENT ASKING WHY?
JAYBURN PAR-KISUM
