dear Teacher
Brown faces, some white that see us .
your responsibilty does not begin at the door
tell her its ok not to be thin and that by exclaiming back whats she's taken in
shes losing her, the within
tell him that theres more to life then bouncing balls, or taclkes and slams
and that by forgetting the classroom, leaving educations is classiefied doom
but please please dont tell me I can compete with bright light faces who guaranteed success because the nipples they sucked milk from were financially blessed.
Dont tell me its an equal battlefield when I have to wear armor to get my post if I desire, where teachers march around for them to hire
Dont tell me about the dreams, tell me what survival with educaction means
Brown faces, some white that saw me
your responsibility did not begin at the door
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