Over Dinner

Lana Donovan

Licking the chalkboard clean- what a fantastic solution. A conclusion reached as he ponders sustainability fuss A hypothetical doctor and judge who just discovered pollution. His grace has a degree and a mortgage at 23 so theorises thus: “We can protect school funding by cutting board eraser costsJust have the poorer kids' lunch be English and numeracy dust As it’s sustainable and affordable and yet the head still accosts Me as I fear he’s jealous of my sustained passion and lust

For the kind of salary he didn’t work hard enough to earnI’ll truly never understand these men with such little ambition Shooting me down in aiding the next generation as they learn And the nerve in supposing that I’m asking their permission.” killed two birds and burned the nest with one stone from a pinyon

Wise pebbles over dinner and a bottle of 1990s Cabernet sauvignon.