this child is a small one,
just taking in its first gulps of
arid air,
it is only a moment or two
before the choking
and the spluttering will start
(again) .
but it can be stopped
(smoothly)
with the swipe of a crusty foot.
Remya Sasindran
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-classroom-3/
