They've changed the roll call system
It's monstrously unfair
Thinks Aaron Aberfeldie
Squirming in his chair
Calling names at random??
What's happening to the world?
He used to yell out present
Then flick paper at the girls
It’s good to always know, he thinks
Your place within the line
To never know who's coming next
Just clutters up the mind
And yes, he knows, in every class
He was always the first
But that’s not really his fault
Just an accident of birth
He thought the routine was just fine
But sort of understands
How it upset Oskar Xuereb
And little Sally Zhang
But if we have to change, here's how
He thinks it should be driven
Instead of surname A to Z
Why not order by the given?
© Brendan Bonsack
April 2016