Kinder Kare ( Guest Teacher )

Co2 and H2o naturally powered
no solar panels required nor dinosaur fuel for renewable energy acts
forty to fifty pounds of huggable molecular matter approaches me

Fooled by their cute little pony tailed ribbons
Marvel hero gear missing ivory smiles
the pathology of resistance breaks down…I know my fate

In between nano moments of Nirvana
Petrie dish incubation medically undetermined in progress…. they stampede me
open wallless fortress space defenseless I am a general with no moat nor army

No lanes of organization
nor lane change signals speed limit no skipping in class posted
the herd warp speeds your cluttered desk “I need help”

Their Spaulding mini germ mitts open random coughing airborne attack
ambush my sacred space with hieroglyphic written work
“Can I have a Star now” requests head tilt

My white mane grandfather deep voice comforts them
retro motorcycle helmet motorcycle man greeting
my only tool to herd them into one area of attention

Squirming about the alphabet multi colored squared rug
like feral cats in a golden overgrown summer grassy field
abandoned mice filled rural farmhouse
no troops supporting me
plan A playbook “situation room” engaged

Briefly I am in command
master of the green powered masses momentarily met
the day is laboriously long though
my energy fields slowly waning at days end
heavyweight division twelve round scheduled event
exhaustion seeping in the eleventh “rope a dope ‘twelfth last round

My one hundred ninety five pound
social security senior discount body needs love
rainbow picture stick figure with hearts “We love you’ delivered 11th hour
like a birdie on the eightieth hole
I lost the war but survived the battle for another day