BY BABS DEM

PSEY

I DEDICATE THIS STORY TO TEACHERS AND PARENTS WHO 

AND YOUNG ADULTS BRAVE ENOUGH TO STEP THROUGH THAT PORTAL OF CHILDHOOD INTO PARENTING

IF I WAS DAD AND

HE WAS ME

I WOULD SHOW HIM

THEN HE WOULD SEE

IT'S TOUGH TO BE A KID

I'D NEVER MAKE

THOSE SILLY RULES

LIKE WALKING

TWO WHOLE BLOCKS

TO SCHOOLO

    THEN ALL THE KIDS WOULD         THINK  I'M COOL

WHY HANG MY CLOTHES

OR MAKE MY BED

WHEN NO ONE'S COMING

I'D PLAY INSTEAD

              THEN I'D STAY UP

              WHEN I'M NOT TIRED

              AND GO TO BED 

              WHEN I DESIRE

WHY TAKE THE TIME

TO BRUSH MY TEETH

WHEN I KNOW LATER

I'LL JUST EAT

IT'S TOUGH TO BE A KID

IT IS TOUGH BEING A KID

THEN DAD CAME IN

HE SMILED AND SAID

TOMORROW'S SCHOOL

IT'S TIME FOR BED

BUT I'M NOT SLEEPY

CAN'T I PLAY

WISH DAD WAS ME

FOR JUST ONE DAY

SOON I FADED OFF TO SLEEP

AND WHAT A DREAM I HAD

DAD WAS CHANGING INTO ME

AND I NOW INTO DAD