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From textfixer.com
The words were again pretty straightforward today, and seemed to be quite well connected. I fell back on the old favourite of a parent speaker once more, to explore the theme I got in my head. I still only just finished it within the time limit, however!
Pretend Commando Knowing Binocular Behead Firearm Director Link Web
I do not like to see our children pretend
To be a commando that crawls to cheat death.
I watch them, while knowing deep inside my heart
That there’s a binocular, trained
Upon each of our backs by the casters of fate.
We do not the outcomes all see:
With each daisy my boys, in their jest, do behead
I think of prisoners dealt with the same.
A stick-firearm pointed at giggling friends,
One small voice the director of wars;
Their only link to that world from fantasy and fun,
And what they pick up from the web.
Such innocent frolics, much laughter and fun,
Then a hug, some food, bluster and smiles.
As the party troop home to their safe little lives,
Only I think of mothers who can’t.
Purple prose
I used ‘fun’ twice in the last verse, and I’m not sure the last line completely works; but it is an ok first attempt, in my view 😉
How do you feel about kids playing at being soldiers and having battles? Did you enjoy such games as a child?
Is there ever any way to protect our children from such play, when the most popular cartoons all seem to have some sort of missile/bomb/gun/laser/battle/mild violence in them?!
What would you have written about using today’s word selection?
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