speech night
Garry Gillard
1
talk of resources headmaster
the cicada on the wall
is more resourceful
than your voicebox of tricks
2
the headmaster talks of education
the cicada on the wall has
learnt his lesson
he ticks off the time
3
key phrase touches off the blue paper
audience implodes
sucked through the vortex in the chapel lawn
flies through its collective orifice
spat out into double dutch
4
education is for cooperation
the boys listen straight in their white shirts
under each one the message
it's time
5
the headmaster approaches his peroration
but the cicada flies into his crux
and bites him in the vital statistics
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