I was told in school
that to become a teacher
was the greatest thing that
I could do with my time

I have been a teacher
for the last five years
and I am here to write
it was not a lie

I love my little life
where I teach little kids
how to not be dumb
and to make good choices

the only thing I wish
is that the men on
the hill over there would
stop trying to kill me

with their bills to defund
with their bills to redirect
with their bills to censor
with their bills to litigate

It's hard enough to be
a teacher of some standard
without the men over there
who hate a public education

All I have ever wanted
was to help poor kids
all they have ever wanted
is poor kids dead now

They fund charter schools here
More than they fund us
Because they hate the fact
that kids here speak Spanish

This plea is very direct
Go to school board meetings
Tell teachers that they matter
Before we all go extinct