A Teacher’s Lament BY KALLI DAKOS.
Don’t tell me the cat ate your math sheet,
And your spelling words went down the drain,
And you couldn’t decipher your homework,
Because it was soaked in the rain.
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Don’t tell me you slaved for hours
On the project that’s due today,
And you would have had it finished
If your snake hadn’t run away.
Don’t tell me you lost your eraser,
And your worksheets and pencils, too,
And your papers are stuck together
With a great big glob of glue.
I’m tired of all your excuses;
They are really a terrible bore.
Besides, I forgot my own work,
At home in my study drawer.
Kalli Dakos, “A Teacher’s Lament” from If You’re Not Here, Please Raise Your Hand, illustrated by G. Brian Karas. Copyright by Kalli Dakos. Used with the permission of Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing.
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