Knowledge is a kingdom and all who learn are kings and queens.

Can I see you for a second?

The sun was beating down on me.

The flag was like a fishhook there in the sky.

I'd rather take baths with a man-eating shark,

Or wrestle a lion alone in the dark,

Eat spinach and liver, pet ten porcupines,

Than tackle the homework my teacher assigns.

Ravenous and savage from its long polar journey,

the North Wind is searching for food...

The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time

with the blood of patriots and tyrants.

Can I have one of your chips?

I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide,

Welling and swelling I bear in the tide.

Leaving behind nights of terror and fear,

I rise.