Jun 23, 2017

Last Gasp of the K-12 Monarchy

The King

had swept

the palace clean,

occupants scattered,

reputations

deservedly tattered  

but what

really mattered

was left undone.

 

The masses,

unplacated,

though approving 

the sinecures

vacated,

gathered

without the King’s

knowing

outside the palace

in the

glowing

of the

searing

late afternoon

sun.

 

The Queen,

meanwhile,

meanly

perused

The Edict,

this attempt

to restrict

to bridle

to idle

Public Voices.

 

But the Queen

was oblivious

as to how

her insidious

action would

leave her

undefended

by those

upon whom

she depended

in her grab

for power

in the Tower

from which

the fury of

the Public

now demanded

her removed.

 

Thus did the

would-be

throttled Masses

the too oft-

offended Public

swarm the Palace

without malice

but with purpose,

determined to feed

the Intellects,

the knowledge hunger

in their

children’s brains.

 

Upon the

metaphorical

gallows,

upon the

academic fields

left

fallow,

 

The King

Bore ‘round his neck

a sign that read,

“Disparaging.”

 

The Queen,

beside him,

bore ‘round her gullet

a placard that read,

“Not Respectful.”

 

And upon the

loose language

of their own

lamentable edict,

did those of the

K-12 monarchy

emit their last

professional,

institutional

gasp. 

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