The thing about daydreaming

The thing about daydreaming

  in your class

is you forget

what was happening

just before ninety thousand fans

started CHEERING you

to victory.

So everything blurs

when your best friend whispers

from behind,

               She’s talking to you, bro,

and your teacher SLAMS

you with a question

that makes no sense:

The expression “to nip something in the bud”

is an example of what, Nicholas?

Uh, to nip it in the butt

is an example of

how to get slapped by a girl, you reply,

as confused

as a chameleon

in a bag

of gummy worms,

which sends

almost everyone

in class

into fits

of contagious snickering.

Everyone except

Ms. Hardwick.