lessons end,
end of play,
schools out,

scream and shout,
and run about,

gossiprattle,
vitalprattle,

playground,
ideasground

to be young.

Old wants “Quiet!”

Summoned by bells,
clang of tongue a monastery
meme, a call to prayer

is a call to latest competency tests,
how to fail better,
head down and wish
you had the answer

to your mother’s needs,
your father’s wants,
“We just want you to be happy!”