40 years

by bitterweed cowboy

Posted to Action Poetry on 2003-11-21 18:54:00


It was forty years ago next week
when my ninth grade general business teacher
said to me “Don’t be another Oswald”.
I can only wonder
if not doing your homework
will really lead to an obsession to murder.
The crap I learned in High School
has been filtered by years of real life.
The useful portion will fill a teacup
while the inert ingredients will fill up
a large septic tank.

bitterweed Nov. 21


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