I tied a lot of shoes today
and zipped a fair few coats.
I took the roll, marked absences,
and wrote three parents notes.
I solved the ‘missing pencil’ case
afflicting table three.
“It can’t be found, I think it’s robbed!”
(’Twas plain as eyes can see.)
I ticked a Science exercise
the kids wrote out last week.
I left some feedback for the ones
most open to critique.
I read the joke from several Frubes
and cleaned a yoghurt spill.
I peeled an orange, robbed a slice,
before the fire-drill.
I tried to fix the copier
to make a couple prints.
I think it broke… it all turned blue…
I haven’t gone back since.
I drank cold coffee, scoffed my lunch,
mid Mr Bean reruns.
I gave six hugs, fourteen high-fives
and sixty-four well dones.
I reffed a lunchtime soccer match
and bandaged a scratched knee,
I blew the whistle, rang the bell,
somehow found time to pee.
At playtime I was customer
and ordered plastic food.
The service was impeccable –
just wish I hadn’t chewed.
So that’s my day. I packed it in.
I have to say – it flew.
So much achieved, so little time…
I taught some lessons too!
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Sinéad Callanan is a poet and teacher from Limerick, Ireland. She is currently studying an Erasmus Mundus Masters of Children’s Literature, Media, and Culture. Her work has been published in Paper Lanterns, Little Thoughts Press, and Paperbound Magazine. She loves birthdays, cats, and lemon pie.
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