tyro

Heads down,
fingers furious -
tyros all,
we struggle
to show
what we've learned;
fervently hoping
for the tiniest scrap
of your admiration
and those receiving it
revel and gloat
as only youth can.
No genocidal dictator
ever inspires fear greater
than ours in disappointing you.
No messianic cult leader
ever inspires more reverence
than ours in your encyclopedic knowledge.
No shiny red apple for you.
We bring McDonalds coffee
and Subway sandwiches
and lay them at your proverbial feet.
Our gracious, foulmouthed father-figure
in a faded blue anorak,
filterless cigarette dangling
from an impudent grin.