mandatory school board qualifications…

the brown bag prophet
stopped me
and said
he had
a question
for me
he asked
if students
must meet
quantitative standards
to graduate
doesn’t it seem appropriate
that school board members
also meet
some standards
like
knowing the difference
between
a political agenda
and
a curriculum
maybe 
having
read
the books
they want to ban
or
at least
be able
to
read
and
comprehend
the deeper meaning
of
the lorax
by
dr. seuss

 

 

 

 

school board agenda…

critical race theory
critical theory
of
race
critical
of
race theory
theory
critical
of
race
critical to
erase
theory
critical
to
erase
race

 

 

dark ages renaissance…

the brown bag prophet
said
given
the current list
of
plagues
and
school board meetings
resembling
the spanish inquisition
i fully expect
that
we’ll soon
have
the great
teachers witch trials
complete
with
teachers
firmly tied
to
tetherball poles
surrounded
by
a stack
of burning
banned books
books
banned
for their
revealing the truth
about our
illustrious forefathers
you know
the ones
that massacred
native americans
and
enslaved others
for purely
selfish reasons
their own
financial gain
and
unfettered power
lord knows
we can’t have children
knowing the truth
such truths
might hurt
their mental status
making them
feel guilty
and
limiting
how many of them
that will be
willing
to commit
similiar crimes
in
the future
and
then
where would we be

 

 

 

 

something special….

i have decided to save up all my anger
for a special occasion
not the usual
   boys and girls club ceo’s $1m salary questioned
   teen pleads not guilty to murder in calif. bonfire case
   ford tries to fend off rivals in cop car market 
   calif. county files suit over toyota defects
   out-of-control’ prius driver has troubled past
   internet agency delays porn decision
   seattle cops stop man with device taped to body
   conservative board oks draft curriculum 
   textbook wars in texas
   republican paid $150g after nude ‘hot-tubbing’
   woman jumping on tracks for bag killed by subway 
   winner of the woods mistress pageant is..
   foot odor at fla. airport may prompt security change
   teacher mauled to death by wolves in alaska
   elderly shunned by society forced to eat dog food
   warfare in the last decade has killed 2 million children
   more than 110,600 iraqis had been killed since the start of the war to april 2009.
   u.s. armed forces death set at 4,379 dead as of february 23, 2010
   birth education control rejected by local community school board  
   child tossed in garbage by teenage parent
the list could go on my friend
but there’s nothing new on this list
these are but thoreaurian moments
the world has created these lists for as long as man can remember
no  i’m saving my anger for
something special…..