One little word:
A shift,
A change—
It stays the same.
Passionate verbiage
To an ambivalent crowd;
“They’re stealing our jobs”
Runs around the room
(As if the extra papers
Are any type of boon)
One little word:
A shift, a change—
Amend it or don’t;
It stays the same.
Big city teachers,
Waving their time;
“Don’t they teach?”
Is whispered along the sides.
As if their passion
Had outlived its time.
All in favor?
All opposed?
My voice silent.
My words lost.
My passion elsewhere.
But I keep showing up,
Year after year,
To watch people change
One little word.
It just stays the same.