on the first day of school
parent blockhead puppet
takes child young branch
to school pushes young branch
through classroom door
through schoolroom door
symbolic educational door
just opened for young branch
still sporting fresh brown bark
a few imagination leaves still sprouting
in left hand schoolcase carrying
unique precious insight creativity still carrying
inside axe head teacher
inside axe head teacher is waiting
is standing at black board
pointer in hand teaching
2x2=4 conformity teaching
conformity unified thought
standardized thought killing
originality inspiration spontaneity killing
at classroom desks silent sad sit
all clone little student puppets looking
all sitting all exactly the sad same
what is this educational meaning?
not cut from the same clothe
nor cut from the same branches
but all branches cut the same
Copyright © Terence George Craddock
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