EDUCATION

I was four feet two and a half inches,

and facing into the corner, "for talking,"

and with old Mrs Donnelly thinking that she had the upper hand.

But my head was buzzing with excitement at the vanished horizon,

and the discovery, that there was no limit to what the mind could do.

"Please Miss! Cormac's looking round!"

Turning briskly back to the walls, I had an instant - new strategy:

and raised the dusted sole of my shoe - in defiance.

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© Cormac E McCloskey

10th July 2012