Sitting in solemn silence
all around me the deafening roar
of thoughts flooding through
my mind
Heads bent over their work
as they contemplate the
significance that this will even have
ten, twenty, thirty years from now
Looking around and seeing
stress on people's faces
as they sit and wittle away
the fifty minutes of
fluid time
Twiddling their thumbs
the equivalent of me
here
writing this poem
Bland revising conversation
with an overtone of educational
******** wrapped in a blanket
of disconcerting melodrama
Whispers of unfocused chatter
and my mind wanders lazily
from one thought to the next
Conflicted as I should be writing for
another purpose
to complete an assignment
that I couldn't possibly
care less about
Oh the joys of institutionalized
education
and yet
the irony:
I want to become
a part of it
in order to remedy
its imperfections
from the inside out
Apr 4, 2010
Apr 4, 2010 at 12:15 PM UTC
Sitting in solemn silence
all around me the deafening roar
of thoughts flooding through
my mind
Heads bent over their work
as they contemplate the
significance that this will even have
ten, twenty, thirty years from now
Looking around and seeing
stress on people's faces
as they sit and wittle away
the fifty minutes of
fluid time
Twiddling their thumbs
the equivalent of me
here
writing this poem
Bland revising conversation
with an overtone of educational
******** wrapped in a blanket
of disconcerting melodrama
Whispers of unfocused chatter
and my mind wanders lazily
from one thought to the next
Conflicted as I should be writing for
another purpose
to complete an assignment
that I couldn't possibly
care less about
Oh the joys of institutionalized
education
and yet
the irony:
I want to become
a part of it
in order to remedy
its imperfections
from the inside out
Written: November 20, 2009
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