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Child Rearing - July 21, 2024

  • Gary Hunter
  • Jul 20, 2024
  • 1 min read

I’ve heard it starts with changing diapers

moves to encouraging taps on the butt

to more disciplined hands for a spanking

turns into get off your lazy ass

and take out the trash

 

so yeah I wouldn’t really know

the ins and outs  the skill of using

the derriere to raise children

 

though it seems to point to the goal

of one day watching those buttocks

walk out the door for the last time

 

with a giddy celebration

triggered by the click of the latch

 
 
 

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