Education
what is a world
where conformity
steals individuality
where the need to feel big
makes another feel small
where the jealousy
of school girls
sends another
out the door
where the power
to “fit in”
blurs the pane
and breaks the frame
where instant gratification
removes any inclination …
where the need for public attention
overshadows the best intention
where the likes and the dislikes
carry over
to the love and the hate
multiplied and divided
to total what
where what a girl wants
is altogether different
than what a boy wants
where lessons
are learned
and scores are settled
where the strong rise
and the weak get by
where the sensitivity of a boy
is mocked and ridiculed
and brought to bare
where looking good
means more
than feeling good
where concealed weapons
are not the only
cause for fear
and it really is the world
out there
just contained
in time
within stone walls
hidden in locker halls
and made visible
in the blank stare
of that boy
here
that girl
there
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