Language Arts

Thu, 09/06/2018 - 21:48 -- CodyWm

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We don't ask for change.  

And that's fact, not fiction.  

Not prepared for when they staled, strangled, and suffocated

"Language Arts"

Then stripped away "Arts,"

So we might focus on the "Language."

A change unto high school—

But we don’t ask for change.

"English" is a simple difference in diction

That means a whole lot,

Yet it has been missed

More often than not.

Snaps to this act;

Such rich writing, in fact.

English has passed its own class.

An expectation like a 12-point font

No Time Newer than Roman

And for semesters on end,  

Being subject to repetition.

Alliteration.

Starting so many school years  

With a similar-sounding syllabus,

Not syllables.

Hoping for homonyms

Yet we've known no existence

Of one year that has been spelled out different.

Have you deciphered my tone yet?

Semesters remain a matching set.

This continuous introduction of no new directive

And no conclusion of  

Imposing perspectives;

So selective of the reading and writing,

Then selectively hearing nobody's voice.

Who writes the rules? Who makes the choice?

We all have our quarrels with classes

And masses of messes;

Our helpings of helpless complaints are  

Dancing with desire

To be so much more than just a distraction.

Why don't our words—

Our complaints,

Speak loud enough to be action?

Ironic, right?  

When we don't put up a fight;

The antagonist to ourselves

And that's fact, not fiction.

We are handed on a silver platter

Ethos, pathos, and logos,

Like Legos;

Building blocks to make a difference.

I can make an inference:

Things could be different.

If only you knew  

How to write a sentence

Asking for change.

And that's fact, not fiction.

This poem is about: 
Our world

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