Kim

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'Twas the night before school started
           When all through the town
           The parents were cheering
            It was a riotous sound.

        By eight the kids were washed
            And tucked into bed...
          When memories of homework
            Filled them with dread.

            New pencils, new folders,
              New notebooks, too...
            New teachers, new friends...
               Their anxiety grew.

            The parents just giggled
         When they learned of this fright
              And shouted upstairs...
         "Go to bed! It's a school night!"