Sense Sonnet - Steamer

Measure of Care

I've run the Noahs Ark Day Care
For more years than I wish to count.
This place is deemed extraordinaire,
With 3 stars which is tantamount
To being the best that can be
According to the license board.
Now there's all this controversy.
What's causing this blown up discord
Is putting pacifiers in
The babes' mouths, then as a short cut
To keep from spitting out again,
Just taping their little mouths shut.

But, now the state has gone too far.
They've stripped me down to just 1 star.