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CRI des ÉCOLES

Young Cabrini-Greenish denizens in fratricide
A victim among them,no place to hide.

An honor student, with all life ahead --
Now a bloody mass, all senses dead.

These encounters, too, though senseless be,
Come through lack of thought by you and me

There’s something weird afoot in public schools,
Something lacking therein – the proper tools?

An unknown poison pollutes the modern air
And infects the students in our care.

Frustrated, we wring our hands, fuss about,
But from this anguish seem not to figure out

This conundrum, wherefore and why --
A problem hum-drum standing by.

As the red stains dry on Chi-Town’s streets.
Air Force One off to Denmark streaks.

The husband of an educator
who sees the score,
wishes some mommies and daddies
were interested more,
in the education of their children,
who some have lost their way,
and need lots of guidance
to keep law enforcement at bay.