Mental Zoning Laws
School districts fraught with concern
Amidst dwindling budget supplies
And the dangling sword of teacher evaluation
Pay hefty prices for what counts
as Education
the child:
malleable as clay
Always stapled to the Bell Curve
Our intelligence display
Whereas testing may prove a point
Who succeeds is a rigged game
The quotas of last month
Are hungry for filling
yet our minds take a vacation
In the panicked testing scene
Intelligence
Rendered through the heart
Is not a function
Of dismal obedience
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