Twas the Night Before School Started

Twas the night before school started
when all through the town
the parents were cheering
it was a riotous sound.

By seven the kids were washed
and tucked into bed
when memories of homework
filled them with dread.

New pencils, new folders, new notebooks, too,
new teachers, new friends, the anxiety grew.
The parents just giggled when they heard of this fright
and shouted upstairs"GO TO BED, IT'S A SCHOOL NIGHT!"

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p.s. - I did not write this - it was on some paperwork we received from curriculum night.