School

• Nora O`sullivan, Grade 5
• Poetry
• 2003

I wish there was no school,
I don’t want it in my way.
It’s standing there for nothing,
What else do I have to say?

I’m sitting there and staring
at the teacher all day long.
The only words I hear her say
are “Quiet!”, “Listen!”, “Wrong!”

Let’s go ask the president
to close down all the schools.
No more teachers, no more books,
and no more silly rules.

I can not wait for school to end,
I’ve had enough for now.
Whatever I need to know I’ll learn
some day, some way, some how.