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# Finding a Happy Medium
- URL: https://www.hawkword.com/poetry/finding-a-happy-medium/
- Published: 2021-10-04T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2021-10-04T12:00:00.000Z
- Description: Define a happy medium” My teacher said to me I didn’t pause or hesitate: My auntie, Ms. McGee
- Author: A. Gee
- Tags: Poetry, Allpoetry Import, #Import 2026-04-25 19:56

Define a happy medium”  
My teacher said to me  
I didn’t pause or hesitate:  
My auntie, Ms. McGee

The classroom snickered and the teach  
Did snort and lift his nose  
And spoke with his accustomed screech  
“And how do you propose

That Ms. McGee fits this request  
In English or in Math?  
Or will you, sir, if duly pressed  
Admit you’re off the path?”

Oh not at all, I said with glee --  
I do so love my boasts --  
You see, my auntie, Ms. McGee  
Communicates with ghosts

And though she’s often foul and rude  
And curses as she smokes  
You must observe her glowing mood  
As she performs her hoax

The table shakes, the flames blow out  
The patrons, do pay up  
In consultations with her scout  
It overflows, her cup

So yes I do stand by my words  
A happy medium  
And basking in her trade’s rewards  
She fears no tedium

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**Author notes:** https://allpoetry.com/contest/2769718-2021-Form-Poetry-Rounds---January?c=1172149023