the underbelly…

we’re
classroom discussions
presented
as if
we were
separate
from 
the rest
of
society
society’s
social problems
to be
resolved
via
classroom exercises
in
words
volloyed between students
and
professors
as if
a tennis match
proposed solutions
without
any contact
with
reality
speaking
of
homelessness
and
starvation
before
heading home
or
dining out
we’re
the distorted
middletown characters
written
into the pages
of
intellectual fantasy
ignored
or
harassed
along the sidewalks
of
nonexistent
typical cities
for
each city
is as unique
as
the souls
that
occupy it
so
formulaic strategies
are
fated to fail
and
when they do
the discussion
returns
to
the classroom

strategic planning meeting…

digital decoupage cwmartin 2012

these
insignificant notes
written
on the borders
of pages
are
just
random thoughts
my impressions
of
what
you’ve said
and
what
 i’ve read
i have
reams
of such notes
from
university lectures
by old men
and
men old
by their thoughts
most are
arbitrary
weak links
to spoken words
while daydreaming
about the woman
next to me
in the classroom
who
has yet
to acknowledge
my existence
like you
sitting across
from me
while
we plan
the future