Getting The Message Across Poem by RIC BASTASA

The boy does not go to school today
The teacher calls and so without any further ado
They ground him
And he knows the agreement the rule of the house
Of his father

He kneels before the altar on mongo beans
They beat him with a 2x2 wood
He has to shed blood and tears before the Lord
He shall be barraged with a roomful of scolding
He shall be locked the whole day in silence
No calls, no celfon, no friends to visit him

Simply because he did not go to school today
He is never asked he is not allowed to answer

I am his uncle and I am disturbed by this kind of injustice
“You should have asked him to explain his side” I intervened,
“This is a family affair, and we just want to discipline the boy,
And get him the message across” the couple answered.

I think the message is clear. To the boy, life is unjust.
And the earlier he knows it, the better for him to adjust and survive.