Juvenile Pressure Poem by RoseAnn V. Shawiak

Children hanging together, pushing one another
silently with peer pressure to steal from the
pizza buffet.
Taking a black marker, putting it in his pocket,
refusing to put it back when I confronted him.
Instead, walking out the door with it, using it
to tag wherever there was a flat surface.
Teens that were with him hung out inside the
buffet by the candy - stealing it without paying.
Attempting to grab donations already put in the
clear plastic boxes.
So unlike a majority of teens who have been
taught morals and ethics by their parents.
One male teen in a white tee-shirt was embarrassed,
an 'I'm sorry' shining from his eyes, yet wanting
to fit in and be in the spotlight of the girl's
vision who were with him.