Soothing Balm

the soothing balm heals

the gaping leg wound causing

the huntress to win

 

a magic fix-all

for the future subsequents,

not here in this now

 

we have the long stints,

long periods of healing

to reach near fullness

 

multitudes of cells

are destroy'd and maim'd beyond

all recognition

 

and this idea

is not just limited to

just the physical

 

the mental suffers,

overall understanding

is stunted, broken

 

stunted students are

the individual cells

in need of repair

 

in lone star country,

science and social studies

standards meet the knife

 

across the nation,

the math test scores nosedive down

to sixtieth place

 

and the companies

in the education game

peddle the new balm,

 

the soothing ointment,

the silver bullet that will

kill the evil beast

 

the scourge overthrown

overnight, over and done

with so totally

 

but reality bites,

silver, gold, copper, bronze are

things that kill humans

 

no matter the shape,

no matter the weight, even

age does not matter

 

there is no way to

regain complete function once

function has been lost

 

the calculator

program is needed code on

today's computers

 

not all can reason

as not all can run quickly,

valid conclusion