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Of higher learning We place a loose leash of knowing about slender throats Caught hard in hollows, a not knowing breath whose taste slipped into my words learned by rote I wrote them all down then disregarded the terms to a rattling gasp of old honour under contract to self interest; a mid-career master of the dead passing zombie bus stops still chasing the wind past car parks come too late to a recording of record bare baited notations pass status updates into the wind Faith hung from some devils bargain by the late fee What value has learning when you can’t find a teacher Willing to work for the purpose of knowledge alone Better choke it for the economics of high yield returned To the word caught in this throat, it churns like cinders, last smoking weft from the building we built just to watch it burn
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Mar 8, 2018
Mar 8, 2018 at 2:55 AM UTC
Of Higher Learning
Of higher learning We place a loose leash of knowing about slender throats Caught hard in hollows, a not knowing breath whose taste slipped into my words learned by rote I wrote them all down then disregarded the terms to a rattling gasp of old honour under contract to self interest; a mid-career master of the dead passing zombie bus stops still chasing the wind past car parks come too late to a recording of record bare baited notations pass status updates into the wind Faith hung from some devils bargain by the late fee What value has learning when you can’t find a teacher Willing to work for the purpose of knowledge alone Better choke it for the economics of high yield returned To the word caught in this throat, it churns like cinders, last smoking weft from the building we built just to watch it burn
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peter-roads
Mar 8, 2018
Mar 8, 2018 at 2:55 AM UTC
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