Adulthood In A Neighbourhood Mood Poem by John Sensele

If courage should desert my person
While I haven't learned my lesson

I'd ask God to make me brave
Quit the grave wave where I loathe living as a slave

To trinkets, to trampoline tickets, to strumpet pickets
When I'd best play cricket and score wickets

By dint of effort in my fidelity fort
Where I strive to receive a redemptive report

In my chosen career despite a balustrade barrier
Detractors erect setting upon me a temptation terrier

Given the background of the childhood
That taught me to nod nerdness in my neighbourhood.