Education

 

Education

 

In a small room with a locked door,

Sits a small child with a radio.

The radio only gets one station.

 

And he can’t hear anything else.

And he won’t hear anything else.

 

In a larger room with a locking door,

Sit a few children with their teacher.

The teacher knows only one thing.

 

And they can’t hear anyone else.

And they won’t hear anyone else.

 

In a large building with many, many doors,

Sit hundreds of children with a handful of teachers.

The teachers only know a few things.

 

And they can’t teach anything else.

And they won’t teach anything else.

 

In a million homes with two million T.V.’s

Sit hundreds of millions.

And they’re sold what they’re allowed to dream.

 

And they can’t get anything else.

So, they won’t get anything else.

 

Then…

They have children.

 

Cliff Lake 8/27/1997

Copyright © Clifford Lake 1997