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t be labeled “adult”</p><p id="deb4">Drinking, gambling, objectification and commodification of bodies as entertainment</p><p id="b7db">Absolutely a sham Absolutely pathetic, really</p><p id="f6c3">Let adult mean goodness Let adult mean wise</p><p id="08ba">Let adult mean someone worthy Of respect in the eyes</p><p id="1154">Of children And of peers</p><p id="0f6c">It is the only way we will ever truly Get out of here</p><p id="7020">This place of negativity and hate This place of oppression and grime</p><p id="e65d">Adults using adult hearts adult words To clean up adult problems with adult awareness</p><p id="3eda">Do what we ask of kids But do it big, and do it now</p><p id="988d"><b><i>Jenny Justice </i></b><i>is a <a href="https://link.medium.com/54FKW36WPX">mom</a>, <a href="https://link.medium.com/qepG742WPX">Sociology</a> instructor, and writer. You can follow her on <a href="https://medium.com/@jennyjustice">Medium</a> and at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/jennyjusticewriter/">Jenny Justice, Writer</a>. She has been recognized as a Top Writer on Medium in Poetry, Parenting, Reading, Education, Books, Racism, Feminism and Climate Change, so far.</i></p><div id="ebf1" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/what-the-audience-wants-no-a90636fbcc2b"> <div> <div> <h2>What the Audience Wants (NO!)

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Adult

a poem

We tell our kids To use their words

But neglect to use our own We tell our kids

Certain words are harmful Or not nice

And then laugh at them When they are used in jokes

What a farce What a tragedy

The player and the play I would rather talk to children

Than hear “adult conversation” Any day

Until adults can actually connect The dots between what they do and what they say

What they demand of kids and what They excuse in themselves

Count me out of it Adult should mean someone worthy

Of respect, of leadership Someone who cares and who puts children first

Adult should mean Mr. Rogers Bob Ross, LeVar

Adult should mean being aware Of how important

Kindness and compassion Justice and respectfulness are

And giving no excuse For things we let be labeled “adult”

Drinking, gambling, objectification and commodification of bodies as entertainment

Absolutely a sham Absolutely pathetic, really

Let adult mean goodness Let adult mean wise

Let adult mean someone worthy Of respect in the eyes

Of children And of peers

It is the only way we will ever truly Get out of here

This place of negativity and hate This place of oppression and grime

Adults using adult hearts adult words To clean up adult problems with adult awareness

Do what we ask of kids But do it big, and do it now

Jenny Justice is a mom, Sociology instructor, and writer. You can follow her on Medium and at Jenny Justice, Writer. She has been recognized as a Top Writer on Medium in Poetry, Parenting, Reading, Education, Books, Racism, Feminism and Climate Change, so far.