robbing the nest. nest by nest...

teachers
it would seem
are the new
preachers
in today's
very modern world

another one
on cnn today
and this time
shock of all shocks
she wasn't hot

so we know
that america will really
drag her through the coals
this time around

the 13 year old boy
who she's allegedly
slept with
spent time beside
and let drive her car
must be going through
lord knows what
right now

confusion?
sadness?
pride?
fear?

it was hard
for a long time
to completely take these cases seriously
the tabloid sensationalism
made the acts
all at once
too exciting
and yet
too unreal

"ANOTHER HOT YOUNG BLONDE
CAUGHT IN PARKING LOT
WITH 15 YEAR OLD STUDENT!"
the headlines would read

and we'd shake our heads
but laugh as well
while the pundits went crazy
with their witty truth-detractors
of
"if only they were offering this kind
of extra credit after class when I
was a kid!"
and
"is this REALLY how they're keeping the
little ones motivated these days!"

but, wow
what a huge problem
we've got on our hands
i mean
who are these women?
and possibly more importantly
where are these parents?

personally
the feeling that love conquers all
and that no one should ever tell a person
what to do with their body
is strong within me

and in cases like these
when there was ever a doubt
about the validity of these women's claims
one could always point to
mary kay letourneau
and her 'man'
villi
to their storybook romance
that was anything but...

but this is
fundamentally
not right
there's just no doubt about it

it's true that
sexual ANYTHING
between two consenting adults
is free and legal
with due reason
and no questions asked
in this country of ours

and certainly
one could point out
that a young man has to be aroused in order to make
these things work properly with an older woman
so in a way the female teacher/minor male
relationships
are quite different from
the older male/minor female
molestations
relations
or rape

but the psychological damages
involved
undoubtedly go much deeper than
just sex
after all, a thirteen year old boy
simply cannot be prepared
for every emotion
every anxiety
and every responsibility
associated with sexual activity

that simply cannot be

so how much longer
before the next teacher is discovered
with her hands buried deep
inside the cradle of america's youth?

something tells me that
sadly
it won't be long
because in today's time
it's becoming painfully obvious
that our nation's teachers are no longer
just ridiculously underpaid
but now
it would seem
that they're also
ridiculously undersexed
as well