POEM - Must be on the Front Page

Just an average day methinks

A mild April afternoon

Doing a read through of Macbeth

Just me and the other nerds

It was the gifted class

All of us smug little sixth graders

Who made attention deficit

Look like intellectually unchallenged

At least that’s how I got in

The token Liberal Arts prodigy

So I was enjoying this Shakespeare action

For the fun of it

The teacher took us outside

Because she could

And we infested the equipment

A large alien inspired piece

Smooth, cool colored concrete

Behemoth of a jungle gym

An needlessly artistic installment

That I didn’t appreciate until it was gone

Just the sight of them

Meant you were in Tempe

There we were

Minding our own business

Intent on the word play

I played King Duncan

            And a random soldier

                        And eventually Duncan’s ghost

In the simplified version

All my lines were cut

I was just enjoying being outside

Then I saw him

This guy with a camera

He would take a picture

Then walk towards us

Take another picture

Dart behind a tree

Snap another candid

Then walk a little closer

This pantomime proceeded

For a good five minutes

Then like the apparitions in the play

He began to speak

Casually

As if nothing had happened

He was there to report on the Science Fair

When he noticed our little band

The teacher related our activity

He was dually impressed

Asked if he could put us in the paper

Of course we agreed

The next day the paper came

I flip to the back section

Couldn’t find anything

Except the Science Fair

I felt gipped

Closed the paper

Then began to smile

We’d made the front page

How about that