The calm before the storm?

Twas the night before school started
when all through the town
the teachers were groaning ...
It was a disturbing sound!

By 10 they were washed
and tucked up in bed where memories of children
filled them with dread!

New pencils, new folders
new registers too!
New classes, new grey hairs
their anxiety grew.

The parents just giggled
when they learned of this fright
" you've had 6 weeks off.
They're all yours... Goodnight!'

I can't claim the poem is mine - but the sentiment I know all too well!

Good luck to all teachers at the start of this new term!