Child Unleashed

Child Unleashed I know for a fact when I was a kid If I was tethered or leashed, I’d be dead That rope would have been a real temptation I would have slung it up on a tree Apple, pear, orange, depending on the shape It would not have mattered to me Swinging there for hours By the neck of course If that didn't work because the branch was so high I would have tied lots of rocks to it and waved bye bye While tossing them in the lake Since something involving line, heavy objects tied to me Were only fun and games It may or may not have dawned on me After the rocks went in Logically it would follow I would have been pulled in as well Normally I can’t breathe beneath the lake And eat my cake too On future birthdays it might be nice to be around To have a bite or two My parents loved me far too much To leave me with a leash tied up I would have chewed right through it And ate it for lunch They knew from the start what an idiot I was With a little rope I could have caught a cow Or found a way to hang the cat or myself by now Mom and dad knew not to tie me down Knew I would fail that test If someone was going to kill me They were the best