Through the Cracks

Through the Cracks

In sealed windows

The students peaked

At passing cars.

Modern flashy 

Models, foreign

Convertibles.

Fast exposing 

All that South Beach 

Had to offer.

Class was dismissed,

Car pollution 

Now filled the air.

The kids had failed

To focus on 

The interior,

The future proud

Lessors bound to

Repeat afresh 

Rookie mistakes.

The new teacher

Still deciding

If to stand for

His principals.

It was too late

The cracks had long

Been open to

The heat and dirt.

The solution

Was to shed more 

Light and reach for

The Menorah

For the dealer

Across the street

Had captured the

Imagination.