I Hate Being 10 !

I Hate Being 10 !

Middle grade 8-12 years

by Cleo deLancey

I hate being 10!  Cassandra said,

I can’t do anything.

Can’t go downtown all by myself,

Or even with my friends!

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Can’t watch the movies the adults do

‘Cause I am much too young”

But I’m old enough to clean my room

And tidy up the house.

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I’m old enough to help my mom,

To watch my little sister.

But when she goes out,

I’m much too young and need a babysitter!

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I hate being 10!  Cassandra declared!

I’m caught in a world between,

Of not being a kid and not being a teen.

I wish that 10 had never been!

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I’m old enough to mow the lawn,

And pick up doggy-doo!

But I’m just too young, my parents say

To wear make-up to school.

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Playing with dolls is childish.

So, I packed them all away.

I sneak them out, when I am bored,

Especially on rainy days.

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I hate being 10!  Cassandra sniffed.

I guess I just can’t see,

Why are there all these silly rules?

Why can’t I just be me?

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I’m old enough to help fold clothes,

And make my bed and stuff.

But I’m way too young to ride the quad

Out into the rough!

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Can’t stay up late and visit,

With my parents and their friends.

‘Cause I have school tomorrow.

So off to bed, I’m sent!

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Oh WOE is me!  Cassandra cried.

10 is such a bore!

If I were 12 I know that they

Would let me do MUCH more!

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There is a boy I really like

And he goes to my school.

Father says ‘I’m much too young

And liking boys is just NOT cool!’

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I’d like to attend school dances,

Like the older students do.

School Rules say ‘I’m much too young’

Oh life is just so cruel!

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I HATE BEING 10!  Cassandra yelled.

10 is just too mean!

I wish that I could skip to …13

‘Cause then I’d be a TEEN!

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My mother says when she was 10,

Life was pretty much the same.

Chores teach responsibility.

Rules help to keep us safe.

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The time between 10 and teen,

Are important years, she told,

For me to learn about my world,

While safe within her fold.

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