Dec 2020
Adults turn schools into fortresses.
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Children frolic on the rooftops.
Adults tape off the playground.
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Children dig underground hide-outs.
Adults build moats round their friendships.
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Children have fun in the water.
Adults dragoon them into bubbles.
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Children salsa with fairies.
Children blow shapes out of laughter.
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Adults **** out the future.
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Children frolic on the rooftops.
Adults tape off the playground.
≠
Children dig underground hide-outs.
Adults build moats round their friendships.
≠
Children have fun in the water.
Adults dragoon them into bubbles.
≠
Children salsa with fairies.
Children blow shapes out of laughter.
≠
Adults **** out the future.
As our government procrastinate and prevaricate over plans for schools in the new year, I wrote this, inspired by children's propensity to find play, joy and creativity in every situation.
(44/M/London)
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