Caren Krutsinger Poet Free verse

One Brilliant Sixth-Grader Got It

The guy began to give us instructions
Faster than speeding bullets
Faster than the FedEx man on TV
No one could have followed him
I gave up quickly, 
Realizing his inability to teach

One brilliant sixth grader got it
He was the only one, but it was because
He read the manual
not thanks to the Fed Ex Man
Who was still yapping incessantly at them

I caught on that David had it, and begged
Him to help all the others 
Which he did
A much better teacher
Than the blathering fast-talker
Who was being paid to be one.

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M. L. Kiser April 18, 2019 at 5:03 PM People seem to be talking faster all of the time; many are totally non-understandable. Caren Krutsinger April 18, 2019 at 6:46 PM I could not believe this guy was HIRED and PAID to teach when he was so BAD at it!