My loving son came home from school today
Smiling yet with a broad smirk on his face
Deciding it was now his time
To put me in my place
'I learned to much in Civics,
taught by Mrs. Kite'
All of the laws today
Including 'Children's Rights'
'I don't have to clean my room'
'Don't have to cut my hair'
'No one can tell me how to think'
'When to speak, or what to wear'
'Wear earrings if I want'
'Pierce my tongue and my nose'
'Watch and read what I like'
'Get tattood head to toe'
'And should you spank me! '
'I could charge you with a crime! '
'Backing up my charges'
'With the marks on my behind'
'Don't preach all your morals'
'Like your Dad did to you'
'That's considered mind control'
'And that's illegal too'
'Dad, I have these rights'
'So, maybe just lay off of me'
'Or, I call Youth Services Division'
'Better known as Y.S.D.'
{See part II }
Barry A. Lanier
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/b-child-rebellion-part-one/
