Junior Words, 35

A High School Teacher’s Final List

List #7: (i) somnambulist, (j) punctilio

The sad somnambulist woke up

And found himself in bright Times Square.

He held a peanut butter cup,

Then took a bite (he didn’t share).

Ignoring this punctilio—

This sharing things with other folk—

Would later cause him heavy woe,

For no one thought it was a joke.

And so they ostracized the dude—

They didn’t give him help that day.

And so he learned not to be rude—

Not if he wished to find his way

Home.