The tigers of wrath are wiser than the horses of instruction.
—William Blake
Blake was never more on the money.
Even the ones who managed
to find their classroom
had trouble getting through the door.
They couldn’t pick up
a piece of paper or chalk,
and they could count only to 1
or 2 with the thud of a hoof.
But all the students loved to pat
their powerful necks
and ruffle their manes,
and they showed up at every class with an apple.