Real World

I sit at my desk

Listless eyes glazed over from Expo fumes.

Is this my life?

Droning teachers with their lame jokes and dull lectures?

The reality is

SAY WHAT?

Is this their life?

Obnoxious teens

So full of themselves

Nobody else fits

Is this wrong? That can’t be wrong!

That can’t be right! Is this right?

That is NOT fair!

Welcome to life

I’m slammed back in my chair.

Life’s definitely not fair!

Nobody said life’s fair

Is this what the “real world” is like?

Squirming teens

Pretending to listen

What I hear each day in school –

blah blah blah blah

            Karen, stop reading!

                        blah blah blah blah

                                    You need to pay attention, Karen.

                                                blah blah blah blah

                                                            What did I just say, Ms. Dewey?

Do I really wanna answer that?

By Karen Dewey

5/21/02