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Education

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

TL

Published inTamiko Lowery