exceptional                                                      ­    students
                               seldom                                                         exceptional;
misfits are geniuses;
thrown ou                                          t for                                       smoking
                             & writing
obscene              their kids reluctant rebels against their          parents who
          conservative                       liberals  are                          parents now having made
entering politics      gay students defend gay rights while
straights students                    lose their rights                                                     & changing nothing                         mark no mark            hipster                                          ­      
                        parents raising               politically astute kids                      except                                 ­        .             slogans on the walls
        hanging out w/       .                            the bad   Kerouac                      
                    that fatt                Roma                  n Catholic                    y ******       politics              street gangs              organized crime      politics    
          conservative gay                       kids  so-called Log Cabin Republicans find like thinking                   statesmen &                   sidling              up on their dark                                          side in the restroom;
                          kids in the                                    schoolyard;
the so-called smart kids
towing the                                 conservative
               line looking                  for pols w/
feet of clay to exploit for
millions of              dollars