falling off of the silver world I cried
like children sometimes will at the end of the day
when someone says there's no more time for play
now you must rest
or you're a bit older and truly
unprepared for the test the next day.
and you will face the music come what may
tomorrow at 10 a.m. unless you manage to fall sick
and have to stay at home.
yet you know you didn't will it
and it goes on for days
and you know the work is piling up
and classmates come fresh off the bus
to make you pay lugging piles of books
and workbooks, instructions from the teacher
and you still feel wobbly
though you make the attempt.
just thinking of this makes me feel sick again
though God knows certainly
many years have passed
since then.
mary angela douglas 31 january 2018
like children sometimes will at the end of the day
when someone says there's no more time for play
now you must rest
or you're a bit older and truly
unprepared for the test the next day.
and you will face the music come what may
tomorrow at 10 a.m. unless you manage to fall sick
and have to stay at home.
yet you know you didn't will it
and it goes on for days
and you know the work is piling up
and classmates come fresh off the bus
to make you pay lugging piles of books
and workbooks, instructions from the teacher
and you still feel wobbly
though you make the attempt.
just thinking of this makes me feel sick again
though God knows certainly
many years have passed
since then.
mary angela douglas 31 january 2018
