Thursday, September 23, 2010

He moved with his finger - poetry inspired by Newark, New Jersey, classroom

He moved a finger to the child in all of us that loves a bit 'of mischief from time to time to receive, given the potential consequences, with the emotion of Getting Away With something. Written in a school where children 10 and 11 years, of course, know all the slang, what is not A Crip say and what to say to a blood, and all the links and the sub-band in Newark. Wow, what a lesson for me!

He moved with his finger as hard as she can
raised withArm
and at the end in view;

knew that the danger was hiding out in default,
as he pointed the finger
compared to their classmates bald head;

could not resist
It 'was so sweet to expose the front
only on the passenger seat;

she whispered with a quiet smile
los finger the weapon in a subtle way his classmate had a message
The teacher suddenly;

the bullet sailed through the air of the whole class
panickyFear,
and sailed under way now or soon or late,
was clearly much more than fate;

between the eyes of little Tom,
its blinking with alarm suddenly, and with a silly smile
our anti-hero sat-
not too big and not too thin, with an eerie silence;

Needless to say,
he will not be in the classroom that day, but only the director,
Often knew the way;

but while he was sitting there for an hour to minute, second hand shakes allDay
and when he saw that second-hand, he asked, turning minutes;

It was worth all those hours and reproach, and those
elastic impressed to see that the head of her mate
that time is affected;

and all the emotions
the joy that the minutes turned to misery
when the day is at night;

and all day he sit
without even a sound, while the second hand
slowly turns around.

Inspired by Luis Munoz Marin Middle School,Newark, NJ

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