School’s Out by Phil Burns
What do you see when you look through the glass
Asks the patiently urgent schoolmaster
Trees and the sky and the clouds floating by
But one boy has a different answer
Birds to be caught and moose to be shot
All manner of beasts to be hunted
That can’t be right they are out of our sight
He shrugs as his money is counted
Time to open the books and get learning instead
This hobby is getting expensive
It costs five dollars a head to make something dead
The studying must now be intensive
Why do you ask questions that have no answer
Why do you answer me then with another
The children beseech him to continue teaching
But he climbs upwards to where he must suffer
So parents are called and stories are told
It seems that nobody is happy to lose him
But he is high in the hills forgetting their ills
And his mind is still wreathed in confusion
Will they see him again will he ever return
Yes of course is the official assertion
But as he wanders through life avoiding all strife
The only sure thing is nothing is certain
anelephantcant 
If nothing else you can accept,
Know that you can inspire…
My mother-in-law is fond of saying;
“The only thing constant is CHANGE.”
http://julesgemsandstuff.blogspot.com/2013/03/add-romance-to-dance.html
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AnElephantCant deny it
Jules’ tribute stirs him emotionally
He loves her new poem
So if you know him
You realise he says THANK YOU proportionately
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This elephant can can and can very well ! 🙂
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AnElephantCant can can
This is something quite easy to tell
He has got four big feet
So his steps aren’t so neat
In fact he can’t can very well
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AnElephant claims his steps ain’t so neat
yet pulls out ryhmes with such ease !
AnShreyank wonders who stands behind anelephants guise ?
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AnElephantCant take off his disguise
That would probably make Shreyank unhappy
The truth must be told
He is incredibly old
He could probably be her great-grand-pappy
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A truth be told
anelephant might be old
but his ryhmes resound with wisdom bold
he claims to be inept
but swims in depth
where others fear to step !
Who is behind the mask
is the question that anshreyank asks ? 🙂
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Applauding here! Take a bow. Anelephantcan definitely write wonderfully well! 🙂 xx
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AnElephantCant hide his blushes
And Penny once again is the cause
He is embarrassed – and how!
But he takes a bow
It is churlish to refuse her applause
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Why do you ask questions that have no answer
Why do you answer me then with another
With these two lines AnElephant shows
How hard it is to communicate
How easy it is to equivocate
What are the right questions
Then, to end confusion
Wonders emmy.
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AnElephantCant answer Emmy’s question
So sorry he is full of regrets
He does not mean to upset her
He ought to do better
Because proverbially he never forgets
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Oh No need for regret,
Emmy’s not upset
She just wonders a lot
Too often for naught
‘Cause she does forget!
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Charming story.
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Just happy that you got something from it.
Thanks for the comment.
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Anelephantcant be a psychic,
Can’t know that her story’s much like this.
Textbooks freeze living things
Teachers lose their imaginings
And mute others’ when they do their jobs rightly.
Your blog is more fun than mine. WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
/exit stage orchestra pit
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AnElephantCant contradict Aya
But he does hope that she is not getting down
Her blog is so cool
AnElephant is no fool
But he doesn’t have bees or butterflies on his dressing gown!
(see Aya’s blog to understand this)
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“The only sure thing is nothing is certain”….. there has never been anything written that is more true than this. Thank you for reminding me of this…. ((((Brian))))
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Sometimes we miss the most obvious things, don’t we?
Hugs
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