War

• Hanoof Makkeen, Grade 3
• Poetry
• 2013

Arrows speed in the moonlight
Guns shoot stink bombs
A war has began
In the tough school

Students come with their swords
And teachers come with their wands
They will fight, fight and fight
Until they have won

The principal comes and yells STOP
And puts us all in detention
For using paper swords
And starting a war

This is the last time
I will ever start a fight
And throw food on people
For I lost my playtime by detention