Police Close Children’s Lemonade Stand
By Elton Camp
In Midway, Georgia the cops got it right this time
They put a quick stop in the early stages of crime
And it wasn’t some robber who had got out of hand
They shut down children running a lemonade stand
Instead of the girls asking for money as a handout,
To make some of their own they earnestly set about
It was to the water park that the children wanted to go
So they went to work to help their parents make it so
They didn’t get a peddler’s permit at $50 per day
So the cops closed in on criminals that do that way
No doubt the citizens of Midway are extremely proud
That such dangerous lawbreakers in town aren’t allowed
The cops may claim that it was their sworn duty to act
And that the government its pound of flesh must extract
But this seems another example of authority gone wild
When it can’t even make a sensible exception for a child
Closing a child’s lemonade stand isn’t an isolated event
It makes me wonder where judgment & good sense went
Dangerous meth labs are in operation all over the place
To be hassling young children making money is a disgrace
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