You say, "Unfair! I never heard
of this, you said no single word
of this assignment, not to me!"
We sigh, and ask, did you not see
the sheets we labored long to write,
the board's reminders in your sight,
the calendar for all the week,
the long list (hardly writ in Greek)
of everything?
Please use your mind:
it's there, I think, that we will find
the bad connection: for we say,
and write, remind, review, replay
all that we ask. It's up to you
to educate yourself. Be true
to us, to you, and to your brain.
Don't ask us "What is due?" again.