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Speak when you’re spoken to!
Do as the adults do!
Tidy up after yourself!
Put your things on the shelf!
Don’t throw food!
Don’t be rude!
No, don’t play outside nude!
It’s important you learn
To wait your turn
It’s not eated, it’s eaten!
Stay seated! One peep
And you’ll sow what you reap…

Let me play! Let me play!
Please don’t waste my childhood away!
Let me play! Let me play!
This is my heyday.

Give me clay, give me a sleigh,
I pray for a soft play birthday
Delay my maturation day
Please let me play.

Let me explore ideas,
Confront my hopes, dreams, fears,
At least for a few more years
Before I pursue careers.

I can see your reluctance,
But if you want my tuppence,
Let me press some buttons,
Just to see what happens,

Don’t school me
Can’t fool me
Society won’t rule me.
Don’t bother me
With authority
At least not until I’ve reached the age of majority.

I’m not a mini-adult
To be saddled
With a settled role
Not yet
Behind my ears I am still wet
Let me go wild -
I am a child,
Not reconciled
To the responsibility
I’ll shoulder in post-puberty.

Let me play! Let me play!
Why is it you who I should obey?
Look at the state of the world today:
You made it that way!
Now get out of my way
And let me play.

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from Ensonglopedia of the Human, released July 18, 2021

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