The Perfect Poem : Best Days of Your Life

every tap and scratch of chalk upon the blackboard every tick tock tick tock of the classroom clock every bored yawn, restless fidget, impatient sigh these were... every reprimand for running, telling off for not every hymn sung, register taken, detention served every hundred lines, six of the best, clipped ear the best... every white tache and bubble in our cartons of milk every sly drag of make you feel older playground *** every conker conquered, knee graze, girl kiss-chased days of... every seven times table, count to fifty, crossed fingers every love letter, Valentines card, flash of knickers every muddy shoe, inky shirt, nasty rumour your life... every period of logarithms, Shakespeare, cookery every rustle of sweet wrapper, cough, drop of pencil every excruciating scrape of chair at lesson’s end these were, these were, these were... 23.5.2011