quinta-feira, 20 de junho de 2024

A diploma in applied deception

 I had little empathy for the boy uncouth ungroomed

who was actually ostracized from the classroom

digging away at my conscience was the young me

no different to the clown clumsy not free


obsessed with getting attention
more distracted than a psychotic cat
but simple and wanting love
lonely and tristful brat


The group personality has already passed judgement

to the pariah of the group frowning

teaching is like climbing a mountain

and finding just the right view to point out the truth


Noone was interested in his little handful of truth
too much lint and sparechange pocket of the brute
too much residue from painful temper tantrums
noone to comfort him through thick and thin

Every boy and girl is thrown into their prospective schools 

with their disorders acceptable or unacceptable by rules

clashing with views and sharp idiosynchracies

so out of proportion and explosive such disparities


Young quickly learn to compare themselves hopefully astute
Not necessarily looking at those inner hidden attributes
But betting everything on the most popular feats of stupidity
teachers and faculty satisfy themselves in unison to the cacophony


Albeit they pretend to hold back their bark

But feed it with sarcasm and smirks and banal remarks

acting as a wall not to stop the useless effort of many

but to guide into fruitless failure and a sense of futility


A brass medal that everyone wins to not feel obsolete
A participation trophy to rub the salt into freshly cut meat
To hide the humiliation so it festers instead of heals
Among the peers all know the truth, the score and the hidden appeal

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