A Minute To Finish

This piece about a student is dedicated to educators everywhere.... Also a BIG thanks to AC for inspiring it.

"A Minute To Finish"

I'm giving her a minute to finish
Because society
In it's dysfunctional delusion
Has allowed her
Her parents
And too many others
The lie of time
With dwindling responsibility.

She bounds up and down
With her mouth
Skips and prances
And it sickens me
This regurgitation of example
Clearly learned in other places
Placated by a cute smile
And the fact that someone
Wants her to believe she's a princess
(Goddamn Disney)...

I'm giving her a minute to finish
Before mentally reaching out
To strangle her
As 'Mr. Bess!' is repeated for the 500th time
Because despite the fact
That I'm helping someone who
Wants
To learn
She feels to the point of annoyance
That by doing so
As with home
Someone will give in
Bow to her demands
Voiced with a shrill nuisance
That makes me shiver.

I'm giving her a minute
Because I don't want to yell
Naively still thinking
That maybe she'll understand my silence
Hear it as the rattle in the weeds
Steering clear of the bite
That longs to deliver
A potent dose of reality
That I know wouldn't kill
But sting just enough
To silence her momentarily.

But for now
I'm enjoying her mental strangulation
And besides
I am giving her a minute to finish...
©2009clarencecbess