Popularized To Address And Adorn Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

They've been conditioned to believe,
What happens to them in their environment...
Is a reflection of society and the general public.
And what has been done to them has been effective.

And...
Indirectly,
They are correct.

Although,
What they expose and show as a collective mindset...
With a lack of comprehension as to who they are,
Consciously speaking...
Skips and misses the point of having an identity.

And this they should know.
But many of them have been taught...
Mediocrity is acceptable.
And to be literate offends their ethnicity.

And only in the 'inner cities'...
Is this believed,
To be a fashion statement!

Where everything else,
Seems to begin to generate taste and flavor...
Before being popularized to address and adorn.
And marketed to benefit the easy life of thieves.

And this they should know.
But many of them have been taught...
Mediocrity is acceptable.
And to be literate offends their ethnicity.