our teacher played gentle, friendly songs
on his beat up old acoustic Les Paul
while the other kids strummed along on
their air guitars,
I grooved on air piano
pretending I was Ray Charles
in those Diet Pepsi commercials
surrounded by a trio of supermodels
up in the clouds
not in this hall of urine, bloody noses
confusion and vomit
as I quietly sang the blues
of my missing Pee Wee Herman trapper keeper
that disappeared after show and tell
Cowboy Curtis, Miss Yvonne and the
King of Cartoons
on a flat mural of explosive crayon pastels
never to be seen again
as I pound it out on the keys like
an old boogie woogie killer
waiting to drown my sorrows
in Capri Sun and Elmer's glue
that the adults screamed at us
not to eat as I chewed and
swallowed defiantly
Kindergarten Music by Kevin Ridgeway | Sandalwood & Vanilla Poetry Reed Diffuser
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