the cut on the lip
the mouse in bed
the corn in the crib
coffee instead
the wolf at the door
the last cat in
teachers need more
than a pencil and PIN
during this war
who grows fat
It's not the mouse,
the wolf, or the cat
the pencil breaks
we teach in the streets
schools aren't safe
I ask what it takes
a cut on the lip
won't silence truth
the refugee ship
brings with it a group
that saw
mice starve
and teachers die
that colors what's hidden
gives faces to lies
