schoolground sandpit,
where the lawless try
to circumvent playground rules.
the giant SPOOL was mine; and
I sat with the good.

"get off" demanded the
bad, the uninvolved
looked on.
the yard Duty
paid no attention to
the power arising.
"hey, jerk" announced a
handful of sand.
it struck my face
and peppered my sight.

"ha-ha" came the cry
as we left for higher ground,
while our counterparts
were washed away to detention
for a week, surrendering
to the Supervisor, who
cared about them and
not of our loss.