one phone call

Kids just crack me up.
But there are times we should not laugh.
I subbed in ISS (In School Suspension) for one class period today in a middle school.
The assistant principal brought in a very unhappy, defiant boy.
A short time after the AP left, the boy raised his hand and told me
"I believe that legally, in the state of Texas, I am entitled to one phone call."
It was hard not to laugh or respond with what I wanted to say.
I merely told him that he would have to ask the AP when he came back.
The boy replied that the AP does not listen well.
I told him he would have to wait because I was not able to grant him a phone call.
That kid made my day.
He was hilarious.
It was so difficult not to laugh at him.
He sounded like a little lawyer wanna be.

So beautiful.
So sad.
So bored.
So bad?

A waste of time.
A waste of space.
Why did you wind up
In this place?

So many better
things to do
than sit around here
and just stew.

Time may seem endless
but it is not
It's ephemeral
it's all we've got

So use it wisely
Before it's gone
and only memories
carry on.

An Ode to My Toe

To my poor, pitiful, purpleish, painful, pounded, possibly broken toe:

I'm sorry my poor little toe
I promise that I did not know
When I kicked to close the cabinet door
That my foot would slip a little more
And somehow in a painful blow
Would pound my poor appendage so
Such lack of care
and lack of shoes
Has given now
my toe
the blues