Your question, Mom, is dinner
ready yet? irritates me
like a burnt steak I HAVE to chew.
There is no time to explain
why sausage needs to be boiled,
only that it should be.
Don't
argue.
If you'd done it two hours ago -
when
I'd
asked -
we'd be eating
and you wouldn't be waiting. But no, you chose
to play baseball with Mark.
So, yes! You will remain
hungry another thirty
minutes and stay away
from the kitchen until I say
all
is
ready.
This poem isn't my favorite... I was desperate to write something at the time and I was tired and I couldn't get two things out of my head: the phrase "like a burnt steak I HAVE to chew" and how irritating it can be when a student won't listen to you, even though you are looking out for his well being. I don't know why I tried it from the parental perspective - probably it would have been more powerful if I'd tackled it from a teacherly one. What could I do to make this better?
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