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A Box of Tissues in the Top, Right-Hand Desk Drawer
Every good teacher keeps a box of tissues in reach
(The bad ones don’t)
For adolescents racketed in tears
For adolescence bracketed by fears
One must not, dare not hug a hurting child
(Oh, fashionable fear!)
But a tissue is safe, and gentle words
And after school a tissue-silent prayer
Every good teacher keeps a box of tissues in reach
And kindness too
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