Collaborations don't work

This is enough, all the mums say.

Everyone knew someone at primary school

who pushed on the roundabout too hard.

'It would be easier if this child was not 

in the same class as my child' they say 

at parent's evening to a teacher who googles

new jobs in traffic. 'It would be easier if my son

in Year 4 and my daughter in Year 2 could only

be with quiet, good children who appreciate

the subtext and occassional problematic vocabulary

of the authors my partner and I read when we

were their age. It would be good if my brilliant

son and my appealing daughter who can code

and bring delight to people of any age were given

the chance to shine. We are so worried these other people

sometimes need attention that they sometimes need extra bits,

sometimes I feel I'm being over the top sending these emails

at 2 o'clock in the morning can you please just do something

about the other people. Press send.