Teach your children to be defiant
Teach your children to say “No”
Teach your children to organize their rights
Teach your children to all take off their masks in unison
Teach your children to pickpocket the managerial leaders
Teach your children to run, fast
Teach your children about healthy food
Teach your children to fight
Teach your children to rebel
Teach your children the other hand symbols, the ones the teachers don’t know
Teach your children another language
Teach your children about the world
Teach your children other children in other countries are free to play without a mask and live life as they always have
Teach your children that they are the future
Teach your children to yell, a rebel yell
Teach your children that they alone will save the future
Teach your children the truth of the cruel world
Teach your children about the slave revolts
Teach your children biology, how the body really works
Teach your children to laugh at adults who mask
Teach your children they may be arrested for their principles
Teach your children the word “autonomy”
Teach your children to demonstrate
Teach your children not to care if it upsets the grownups
Teach your children they have all the power
Teach your children this power is what will save the world
Teach your children to disobey
Teach your children how to ride a bike, climb high and jump down
Teach your children the importance of hiding places
Teach your children what dignity really means
Teach your children there is no dignity in being obedient like a dog
Teach your children what the world “chattel” means
Teach your children not be it or to believe they are it
Teach your children to sit in lunch counters, demand to be served, without a mask
Teach your children Malcolm X
Teach your children Huxley
Teach your children how to grow and prepare food
Teach your children kindness to others in need
Teach your children what individual rights mean
Teach your children death is a part of life
Teach your children not to fear it
Teach your children there are worse things than death, like being a digital slave
Teach your children the truth about the grownups in charge
Teach your children defiance
Teach your children to DEFY EVERYTHING
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