Pick n Mix

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OK, I'm back in civilization, god bless its evil little heart.

Newbie, I already mentioned where I agreed with Knot.  Here's my own comments.

back when growing up seemed plausible            
when we had dreams and plans and comics
the thought of death was a fleeting thing 
as lucid as a passing car radio                        I go back and forth over "lucid" used to describe an audio experience.  In a way it's cool, in a way, it's confusing.                        

it was always someone's granny or grandpa or dog
who died anyway 
nobody I really knew 

but a knotweed seed of doubt got sown     "was sown"     
with religious facts on death unknown       "religious facts" is like "lucid" above.  
like where do pets go when they die?
they can't get to heaven apparently           move "apparently" to be the first word in the line

but don't tell the younger kids that 

this simple truth keeps me awake
growing thoughts make pillars shake                I think this line could go.
what if it's all bullshit and there's no superman 
no heaven or hell or anything 
just an endless soulless good night.           ? left off on purpose?

but don't tell the adult kids that                   I suspect the kids lines may be dear to you, so if they are, just leave them in.  It's your poem.

And just to add, I do hear a poetic voice behind this poem.  I have little trouble understanding your lines, and that's the point, not whether it would get an A in grammar.  Hope you will keep working on it, in or out of sight.  And certainly, it's interesting that I (67 years old) am still asking myself the same question you do at the end.  It's a human universal and that ain't sophomoric.