Beautiful Burbs

brown, beige, tan, grey, khaki colored cookie cutter colonial houses and condominiums with clay shingles... manicured landscapes with 3 cars in driveways... SUVs and pick-ups lifted up so high tricycles often roll beneath them... motorhomes and boats block the views of living colors from entering the domain of construction foremen and real estate agents... 2 point 4 children chillin in front video games in soccor uniforms... moms making sandwiches for play dates and dad tinkers in garages while neighbors watching with cold beers freezing palms... pizza weekends and boiled chicken salads washed down with red wine capri sun pouches... domestic 12oz bottles follow trails to speedways... blue collars building 150 thousand dollar a year salaries on 70 hour work week... distingushed elementary schools with 6 grades but only 1 class is counted... upper middle graduation class founded on the principle of Reaganomics thru higher learning... burning fossil fuels friercely and recycle aluminum and plastic like magic is gonna happen and all will be forgiven... all who just living from paycheck to paydays, paveways for early retirement... sitting in homes as 401K's increase... investment property where our parents make home become even more unaffordable... living is less affordable when we realize that american dreams are in black and white... coffee houses mass producing black and white stereotypical yuppies in construction boots and prada sandals... 7 year olds with cellphones... teenagers whipping 3-series convertible beemers and volkswagons with lifestyle decals around corners... college girls work 20 hours a week and take vacations overseas... on bended knees we pray for better dreams... begging for reality to be more than just what we see... more than just living steady financially and poor culturally... tell us there is something better... tell us we will not lose our color to this monotone suburban world... tell us we will stay sharp, vivid and bright... tell us that we can... Remain... InSane...