ip dip sky blue
remember who played the game
with you.

And if you try to deny me
the debt that falls due
it'll be
ip dip sky blue.

Backtrack to the coal sack
and the smoking fires.

don't fly around the flames
dive in
head first
get there before you feel the pain.

ip dip sky blue
running through
my head again.

Did I mention dementia?
do you fear it might come?
to wake up one morning
and know it's begun.

Fate can wait in the queue
and it's
ip dip sky blue.

every morning
i walk into this space:
a classroom.
i turn on the lights,
open cabinets,
set the tables
with paper and pencil.
i tell myself that i will teach you what i know,
which is not much.
i read you stories, tell you about poetry
and i let you play.
in exchange,
you teach me what you know:
to laugh at myself, to play,
to look at the world around me
and take notice of it.
every now and then i wonder,
who is the teacher?
is it me
or
is it you?