School Yard Politics: Updated
My ball, My rules
got ups next game,
kids can be cruel
call names, defame
you push, I push
we fight, and act!
More kids ambush
provoke attack!
You swing, I swing
but no contact
ding ding, bells sing
that fight was whack
Recess is done
Trouble we're in
argue who won
Teacher walks in
Explain our truths
he said, he said
we call a truce
shake hands, break bread
Good friends, we are
old friends let go,
schoolyard memoirs
the status quo
New day we play
the kids in cliques,
away we stay
avoid conflicts
The popular
get all the love
the commoner
get looks and shoves
Irrelevant
we've now become,
past main event
but now, humdrum
The geeks and freaks
gather to play
perceived as weak
perceived as gay
Play truth or dare
A first-time kiss,
My lips prepare
How could I miss?
In the schoolyard,
it's politics
A young vanguard
All intermixed
Written March 24, 2017, for the Schoolyard politics contest
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