Add

I am eight in
The second grade
In 1953 but if it were
2019 I would be labeled
ADD as I act out what is on
My mind running talking loud
Fighting uninterested in see
Dick see Jane and not too
Eager to nod my head at
Consensus time then
Called class oom
Participation or
Pay attention
To whatever
Falls out
Of the
Teacher’s
Mouth so I was
Guilty of being an
Eight-year-old boy who
Today would be drugged
To make me comply
With a female
Teacher’s
View of
How
Little boys
Ought to act,
So if your grown
Son does not act as
You might expect
Look back at
His school.
Too many
Men tune out
Any female voice
Condemned never
To hear a weather report.