The Canterbury Tales:

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The Canterbury Tales

• The Sequel
• By Bryan Schell

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• When in October, when summer is done
• Children begin to have much, much less fun
• In the morning the freezing cold is hard to beat
• Until the afternoon sun brings unbearable heat
• At Two and thirty there rang a bell
• And 4,000 kids were freed from their hell
• Or school, as its known in more mature lore
• But most of us find it a horrendous bore.
• Students tear out of the school at tremendous
  speed,
• For Sleeping at TV is all that they need
• Into the parking lot that I did roam
• And encounter I did people all heading home
• Sorry my begin to sound like ol Yoda,
• But 10 lines is the Canterbury quota

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• As I began my journey a casa
• I saw a bando who said, Bryan, que pasa?
• He wore a red shirt with the bando ensign
• And was practicing marching in a straight line
• He then broke out his horn and he played me a
  tune
• His song was so soft and it ended to soon
• Musical stuff brought this bando delight
• Just as federal prisoners like a good fight
• Smart as an owl and quick as a mouse
• He slipped out of the school to practice at his
  house

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• I next met a surfer who, no doubt
• Had been at the beach today, through out
• First through fourth periods, but he didnt mind
• He came to fifth, sixth and lunch all of the time
• Ditching a class gave this surfer no fear
• As long as the waves in Del Mar he could tear
• And eat once a day at the place called Robertos
• Investing his money in two California Burritos
• Daydreaming in class he did very well
• Smiling and thinking of last falls fat Alaskan
  swell

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• With the surfer there was a poser
• Who pretended to do things so he could be closer
• To other kids who thought he was great
• Until the day they found out that he couldnt
  skate
• Or bodyboard, or fly an airplane
• Or scuba dive, or sing in the rain
• After telling everyone he knew that he was
  sponsored
• Or that he was back stage at the Incubus concert
• The poser has to lie, so friends he can make
• He just told me ha can do the Harlem shake

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• A little farther down in a parking space
• Is the kid whose school he tried to deface
• He likes to graffiti and tag up the halls
• Or dump out trashcans all over the halls
• This kid runs over light poles in the stadium
• To me, hes starting to sound kind of dumb.
• If youre gonna vandal, go somewhere new
• Why dont you go try to mess up Westview?
• On Monday, I couldnt get into my locker
• All because of this stupid focker.

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• Also leaving the school, I see Esters dad
• This man, he is very mad
• At the cross country team, we got in his way
• And bad things about us he started to say
• He loves to bike, and has his own biking suit
• The man even has a special biking boot!
• One day a teenager stepped in his path
• And procured Brother Horspools mighty wrath
• For the poor guy fell off his bike and on his
  head
• Lucky for us the guy isnt dead

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• Also leaving the campus was a girl from the
  chorus
• Whose sweet singing voice was hugely enormous
• She had a bumper stick that said, I love to
  sing
• She also had it etched into her class ring
• All the highest notes, you know she could land
  em
• Too bad all the words of her song I couldnt
  understand em
• Even before school she had sung
• A song in Church about Brigahm Young
• But after being at school singing do re mi
• She decided to go home for a cup of tea

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• With her was a friendly punk rocker
• Who also happened tom play Mt. Carmel soccer
• Every Friday a show he would see.
• Featuring bands with feelings that were angry
• Every morning he would gel his mohawk
• And burn a CD full of good rock
• He liked to wear black even when it was hot
• At the thrift store was where his clothes were
  bought
• With other punkers he would oft mingle
• And wear his belt that would often jingle

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• I then saw a teacher, who spent all of his days
• Shaking his head and thinking of ways
• To ditch school for Disneyland or surfing and
  such
• He used the sick excuse one time too much
• Last year he told me he was taking a class
• Surfing 101 was the class that he passed
• He soon had to think of a better idear
• For the principal's suspicion he was starting to
  fear.
• He then figured he could ditch school just fine
• If he taught two Brit Lit classes online

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• On her way home I saw an ASB kid
• Sign painting and hanging wasnt all that she did
• She planned all the dances all by herself
• And worked harder than Santas strongest elf
• She worked late hours in the ASB room
• And cleaned up glitter with a plastic broom
• She also runs the student store
• Which contains candy and ice cream galore
• My personal favorite, if you dont mind
• Is the strawberry shortcake ice cream kind

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• Directing the traffic through sunshine and fog
• Was one of the campus funny yard dogs
• Their primary made of getting around
• Are golf carts that in the pool can drown
• They sit in the morning and stare at cars real
  hard
• At lunch they sit and check ones ID card
• They dont really do much, but by them I abide
• For someday Im hoping theyll give me a ride
• Now, even a yard dogs mind can roam
• At two and thirty, every one wants to go home