10 Days Left

You see it on faces
Around school these days
A strange look that I call
“The End of School Gaze”

What does this gaze mean?
Some non-teachers may ask
Does it mean that their meals
All come from a flask?

Let’s put drinking aside
At least for a bit
I know that it’s hard
Please don’t get in a snit

For the End of year Gaze
It comes round every year
And it’s just about due
So do not shed a tear

On the face of a teacher
It’s a far away look
And a dream of a day
With late sleep and a book

It’s a mythical land
Where life isn’t a bummer
It has many names
But most call it summer

For teachers, this gaze
Is a most happy thing
Its arrival make some of us
Burst out and sing

This gaze is quite different
On parents it seems
For it means end of
Their easy-day dreams

Cause they know that their days
Of late sleeping are through
And they’ll have to work hard
Just like me and you

So look in the mirror
And say “Hi!” to your gaze
Then have a great time
Cause there’s just ten more days