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Young to Old

April 21, 2016
By Arrowhead13 PLATINUM, Hubertus, Wisconsin
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Can I be a “grown up”?
I want to do what he’s doing.
When can I be a “grown up”?
It’s not fair that they get to go and I don’t.
How much longer till I am “grown up”?
I don’t want to have to come home at curfew.
Why can’t you treat me like a “grown up”?
I’m old enough to take care of myself.

Can I be a kid again?

© Junia Z., San Diego, CA

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