Caren Krutsinger Poet Rhyme

Pat Benatar Did Children a Favor

Hell is for children was a brave song, introduced exactly right.
Pat Benatar wrote it and sang it, and gave it some might.
We tried to hide from it, to keep memories out of sight.
But we all know that children’s lives are often a blight. 

Children are told to lie, not to tell grandma or teach.
They are bribed and blackmailed, along with some preach.
About how they will hurt the family, and it is all their fault.
We have to protect Mommy’s special friend, lecherous old Walt.

Hell is for children is being lived to this very day.
By innocent children who live next door, and far away.
They have bruises, welt marks and broken bones too.
I think Benatar did us a favor bringing this to light. Don’t you?

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L Milton Hankins September 5, 2022 at 9:53 AM Yes! Indeed, I do. It stuns me...the number of children who are living in fear and darkness with no one to turn to. And sometimes when they tell those they trust the most, they are shushed, told they are lying, and sometimes even punished. Caren Krutsinger September 6, 2022 at 3:07 AM When a child tells -they are often shamed into retracting the truth; it is sad.