Florida's Fig Leaves

A principal had to resign

For an art teacher chose to assign

What a parent called porn

And she needed to warn

Those in charge it was way out of line.

 

Thought the students, eleven and twelve,

Into classical works were to delve,

Michelangelo’s art

Showed a male body part

That the protester wanted to shelve.

 

Now the David is known far and wide

And most viewers can take it in stride,

But in Florida’s schools

They play by different rules

So some crazy taboos are applied.

 

To that mother who thinks she protects

Her near-teen, maybe what she expects

Is that viewing a nude

Will make someone unglued,

Certain books having likewise effects.