before my
drivers ed teacher
died
he made a
special effort to
harass
me for my
lack of
depth
perception

does that make me
shallow?

years later i
mention this
to my
friends who all
agree
that no one has
depth
perception,
that he was
just being a
*****

which is
why, when telling this
story
i don’t tell
you that he
died from
cancer,
letting you
think I murdered
him in a drunken
shallow
rage