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School Daze - - - Inspired by Poetspeak “Machine Gun Smith”

 
“Good for nothing
He’ll come to nothing.”

“There’s no prize for
Being stupid.”

“He has the concentration
Level’s of a moth.”

“If you leave here able to write
Your name, I will be impressed.”

“Stand in the corner like
The idiot you are.”

“Sit outside the headmaster’s office
I am sure he can beat it out of you.”

“For your reputation
I must belt you.”

“David’s biggest problem is
That he is just a dreamer.”

All direct quotes by teachers on my school report cards
Some as a result of my family’s bad reputation
I remember getting belted age five for wearing the wrong shoes
I got punishment exercises for thinking bad thoughts
At thirteen I punched and knocked out a teacher
Excluded and expelled for a good reason, for once
Attendance at high school was erratic at best
I couldn’t see the point in going to school
And they couldn’t see the point in being me
Imagine being belted and punished for being a dreamer
I never met a teacher I could ever like despite dreaming
My motivation finally arrived through the strangest of sources
My old bastard of a father who thought it was ‘gay’
To read books, to write poetry or go to the theatre
He hated gays so much I pretended to be one for a while
But I decided at nineteen to become his polar opposite
Everything he did I would do the reverse action
Love and caring would replace hate and abuse
I swore that my children would never have to fear me
My worst would easily be better than his best
The best decision I ever made, came from a dream
A dream to be a better and loving human being
A dream of breaking the so-called cycle of abuse
That’s something I could not have learned in school
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