Children Follow With A Mocking Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

Children follow with a mocking,
Of that which to them has been fed and shown.
And those in positions who teach mediocrity,
As a known entity to have the children see...
Can not demand from them a greatness to achieve.
From where would they get these examples?

If within their communities conflict, jealousy and envy...
Are taught with a more emphasis,
Than a teacher expecting less of their best.
Or is not prepared to reflect it as an observation,
Then the attempt of a greatness made to request...
Becomes as meaningless as a field trip to a museum.

'Why are we here looking at all this old stuff?
And what does any of this have to do with a kept identity? '

~If you kids want to graduate,
Do as you are told.
If you don't...
No one will get to go shopping.
Understood? ~