Poor Little Rich Kids at the British Nigerian Academy
I found a little emptied pouch of sweet
Milk powder on my classroom floor today.
At first this puzzled me. Did someone cheat
By drinking coffee and, worse, get away
With this transgression during English class?
But surely I’d have noticed it or smelled
It, wouldn’t I? I thought, “You stupid ass.”
But then I thought, “Your sense of smell’s been quelled
By age.” At last an inspiration came.
The kids, imprisoned as they are in this
Vile institution, can’t bear any blame
For sneaking substitutes for sugar’s bliss.
Since candy, gum, and fizzy drinks are banned,
This pablum has to do, however bland.