PS159/II

The Spanking Machine was a myth.

It was replaced by another dread:
Calling my parents to school.

My mother was beside herself as to
what to do with a clever son with
too much energy seemingly mis-directed.
Why couldn’t he be like his older sister,
smart and well-behaved?

My father was somewhat perplexed
as to having 2 clever children.

He was a gambler, an entrepreneur,
a risk taker, who somehow understood
a son who could be smart and
test boundaries and limits.

Make no mistake about it
my parents did not like coming to school.

Nothing much changed,
amid all this tumult.


©TPuma/MMXIII