the sweat of my stupidity
they lied to me at school
I got told the world was my oyster,
upon leaving school I realised
I was allergic to shellfish.
they lied to me at school
they didn’t tell of rules and rotas,
and unemployed I theorised
Inane logic of the openly selfish.
they lied to me at school
and said I had a choice,
Its all the illusion of babble
a choice made without consent.
they lied to me at school
telling me grades mattered,
those grades now feed no one
sweat of my stupidity feeds my kids.
(2014)
Lies told by teachers
