The Shooting Gallery

It was a class full
Of rambunctious, hyperactive
10 and 11 year olds,
In a Turkish-American
English language school
And they wore me down
With rapid fire questions.
I was brought in to teach
Conversational English
As a native speaker,
And the class was primed
And ready for me
With a steady barrage
Of inquiries only kids that age
Could come up with.
Some of the children
Could hardly stay
In their seats,
They so were excited
To interrogate me.
It is amazing how much energy
Kids that age have,
And I could barely keep up,
Shooting back answers
As fast as I could,
And was almost ready
To call it a day
And go back to bed
By the time the class was over.