Before I could even understand
The meaning of the word ‘command’
I’ve had them. The going pains.
Go to your room
Go to bed
Go to sleep
Twinges that warned of trouble in store
And once in the classroom, the more
I felt them. The going pains.
Go to the back
Go and start again
Go to the Headmaster
From year to year I hear it grow
The unrelenting list of GO.
That bossy word that rhymes with NO
Still can hurt. The going pains.
Go
Go now
Why don’t you just go.