A few weeks late, but oh well!

Twas the night before school started!

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! ITS A SCHOOL NIGHT!