For education is important,
It is with pride I have received
them,
Advantaged at birth, inequity's
the game;
Sailing across for a place in
the hall of fame,
Literacy for many or varsity for
a few-
Who is to blame?
For education is important,
Plush jobs that follow, albeit
dull, chased us;
All busy to board the already
crowded bus,
Shoving the elderly co-passenger
to win a better seat,
To disembark at the next stop-
To tell the world of our feat.
For education is important,
It was prudent to have a working
filter,
That'd shun the waste and out of
the gutter,
They're convinced that was
better for the greater-
For they never thought that the
best would someday
Join hands to write a letter-
“For education is important,
We lions saved it for us, let
the cows munch on grass,
Extracted the gold, left the
brass,
You might call us crass, we'll
let those comments pass-
We built hospitals, invited
patients over,
Without employing a nurse!”
