School's Out For the Summer

The last school days drag long in rising heat:

the students limp with hot and tired bones,

the teachers just as weary, just as beat,

scolding over notes and buzzing phones.

Like a magnifying glass and ant,

the classrooms wilt through windowpanes and sun.

The class's hamster even starts to pant -

all the kids are ten degrees past done.

There's tests to give, and and things to learn; the year

has not yet started to wind down. But when

the teacher asks if she is being clear,

no hands get raised; all minds have spaced out - zen!

Don't fear, dear children! Summer's coming fast -

so soon, that final bell will ring at last.