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When I grow up I want to be a door

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Stop telling the kids
That what you do is who you are
Stop telling the kids
That yourwork is the mark
Stop asking the kids
What do you want to be?
Or-start accepting answers of
‘Nice' or ‘safe' or ‘happy'
Stop telling the kids
What they want to do
Is who they want to be
You've confused the English
A verb where an adjective should be
Stop telling the kids
How they serve the economy
Is the same as their personalities
How will youmake money for someone else
In your lifelong campaign to sustain yourself?
Is this what we ask at the age of three,
To know how to act socially acceptably?
Savethe inaccurate labels of ability
For dinner parties and PTA meetings
And ask the kids
What kind of grown-up do you want to be
Or better, what would you like to see?
What's it like being three and what do you dream?
What should I want to be?









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