Rise Millennials, Sit

I like the sentiment, but maybe a bit too literal. This line is fantastic: "No six dollar coffee can easily subdue the old smell of cedar, tattoos, and purple hair" The line about "Capitalist Jesus" sounds a bit...hackneyed. I might also get more sarcastic and playful with the term millennial (a word not usually self-applied, but rather thrown about sneeringly/condescendingly by older generations). Seattle U student? :)

I'm not sure what to make of the piece, really. Punctuation is inconsistent, the imagery is primarily literal and doesn't leave much open to thought or interpretation, and the piece reads more as an open-ended slam on a college campus than anything (to my mind). There's points presented that aren't explored - the reason why the heart needs numbing, the nature of tech money, etc.

The 'No six dollar coffee' stanza very vaguely reminds of the Gonzo movement, yet there's little else that supports the stanza (which could be a solid very short poem in itself) to my eye.

The sentiment expressed throughout the piece comes through strongly, but reads as a shotgun blast from a distance as opposed to a precision bullet at a medium distance, if that makes sense.