Wanted: New Desk
Back and forth my desk goes,
During tests, reading, writing
The distraction it causes nobody knows,
The urge to scream, truly, I’m fighting
While such a small wobble,
Doesn't seem all that bad,
Slowly it's driving me,
Increasingly mad
I can't hear the teacher
Too loud my desk taps
My sighs of annoyance beseech her
I'd rather sit on the floor; might I, perhaps?
A distraction indeed
What was the homework? I couldn't quite hear
What pages to read?
I missed something important, my constant fear
I can't hear myself think
Over my desk's tap and its clink
The noise is unnerving
This distraction is a punishment I am not deserving
As I switch between classes
I hope for us students, I hope for the masses,
I pray for something more
They can’t be everywhere, I’m sure…
But as I walk in
I’m met with such terror
One, maybe two!
Oh why can’t life be fairer!
It seems as though, throughout all the school
Are others like mine
And another poor fellow
Got unlucky and cannot shine
For his noisy desk
Talks over his skill
The poor boy is silenced simply until
All teachers and schools
Rid us of this evil
To learn more we strive
We just want to thrive
No more wobbly desks,
oh,
how gleeful!