'School'

'School'

Here I am again.

Where unsung heroes stray.

Teachers...spinning out

Their lives...their days.

Hoping to siphon knowledge

From their brains to ours

Hoping a few sparks

Will ignite and create

Ideas that may change

The world.

I wonder how they feel

When eyes are dull

And minds seem blank

When bodies slump

And vague mutterings

Slide 'round the room

When they say

'Your assignment for

Tomorrow is'....

Perhaps they must

Stifle the impulse

To race us for the door

When the bell rings...

Kesti©1980