You can keep this in mind, as you walk through your play:
at least the kids appreciate your wit.
It’s something for you to hold onto through the day,
struggling with what usage does and doesn’t permit.
You’re sure to get a laugh, so don’t worry
if they understand you in any other sense.
It’s enough to us that they’re all making merry
as the now continues to build its fence,
obscuring what were our more particular points.
We all thought it a matter of timeless yearning.
But look at ‘em down there, passing their joints.
They all appear bound upon a keener turning.
Once more it’s the perennially changing temper
of the times. Anyway, just remember:
as long as the children are laughing, they’re learning.
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