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 a cicada flies into his crux
and bites him in the vital statistics