Sense Sonnet - Steamer

Hard Lesson

My son is 12 and a good kid.
He was goofing off while at school.
It was stupid what my son did,
And he knows that he was a fool.
He poked a classmate in the knee
With his pencil. He didn't mean
For it to cause an injury.
The poke mark could hardly be seen.
But the classmate's folks made a fuss,
And said it could have been much worse.
All the apologies from us
Would not make the school's choice reverse.

I'm not excusing what was done,
And I'm here for my expelled son.