All the Kids Aged Twelve Gone

When I got there, I saw none:
All the kids aged Twelve gone;
The Dreamers to be University Don;
Plus the one I knew would be A CON
His case files already weighing a ton
And should make The Faint-Hearted run!
An Unacceptable Habit has been born
And True Discipline badly torn;
You ask me its name - Brazen Truancy:
A school child’s infuriating Flippancy 
And Vast Topic in Delinquency …
Announcing and condemning Teacher’s Inefficiency 
But alluding some father’s Inadequacy
And Character Training’s unchallenged intricacy 

A truancy of a chosen morn
Was to hit the next day’s dawn
With the deviants refusing to mourn
Because it has to do with corn
They weren’t told its color could be fawn!
Copyright © | Year Posted 2022

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