illicit is

they told me i was illicit
when i rode my bike thru
the school playground full of
kids from the nimitz
middle school there
walking the track playing basket
ball talking in groups oh
i tried to do a lap but
was bullied by two mean
teachers who explained that
i was illicit and couldn't
be there presumably i would
be arrested if i persisted
in being there so i
resisted the temptation to
tell the mean teachers what
is this a public school or
a correctional facility of
course i understood the danger
of illicit people showing up
and polluting the minds of these
young people just ready for making
their association of meaning
with the world a tender
time for sure all caution
should be deployed
depending on how
many are needed no child
is left behind says the slogan
so then how to tell the illicit
from those complicit with
the agenda school hell what
i remember most is staring
out the window bored and wish-
ing someone illicit would
show up outside
on a bike and wave 
a similar smile touching
his mouth as mine curled in
time with the teacher
saying pay attention please