You can’t put a price on what we do for kids
the price we pay with your most recent bids
even if you take another thing away
freeze salaries and three days without pay
you’ll never take away what we provide
to students who are never once denied
whatever you can spatter us with next
that leaves you looking lost and so perplexed
because the actual answer doesn’t lie
in a dollar amount yanked from the sky
each student’s, parent’s, or admin’s demands
lies here, within each teacher’s humble hands.

We are not drawn forth into this career
sans knowing sacrifice is always near.