Greek

I am nine
Curious about
Being told it is none
Of my beeswax which
Meant concern coming
From the Greeks’ use of
A cream-colored beeswax
Melted onto dark gray slate
Warmed by a fire used to write
Practice lessons by Greek students
Hence none of your beeswax was
In reference to the bit of beeswax
Scraped off the slate by a sharp
Stick called a stylus to expose
The dark gray numbers or
Letters a process later
Referred to by Locke
When he called the
Newborn a blank
Slate without
Original sin
Hence a
Soul
Perfect-able
By education and
Fair treatment a theory
Responsible for the scientific
Enlightenment and public education
In America and elsewhere where
The idea of a better world
Still shines in the dark of
Dictatorships of the
Ignorant who cling
To religion or else
Some twisted
Economic
Theory
All
Just
Greek
To me.