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A dusty room of artefacts The aged history stored in the racks The teacher never once looked young Missed the letter that goes unsent by her son Give us each day our daily dread And feed the nightmares that terrorise our bed Sit at your desk turn face the back And repeat the lesson dressed head to toe in black Self elected principal Feed from my hunger after school Educate my naïve mind And leave my childhood behind Breath smoke into my asthma lungs Lick me with your acrid tongue Taint the blood within my veins And compromise every We wash our hands with dried out soap Dry with waxed paper and scathe our hope Punctuate lesson alarm Dose all your students With equal measures of harm Join us in chorus for Lord's Prayer Your hands can trespass and I will pay your fare Involuntary volunteer I'll harvest your evil Smiling from ear to ear Self elected principal Feed from my hunger after school Educate my naive mind And leave my childhood behind Breath smoke into my asthma lungs Lick me your acrid tongue Taint the blood within my veins And compromise every Thing with me