Classroom Experiences
January 3rd, 2010 | Published in Poems
by Mark Lindberg (composed with stolen phrases*)
They were both Confucians
the rest of the house
Quite the contrary
remarkably cold weather
the pool of potential
I had to see
We now began
a new social compact
me and my two men
textual study, properly pursued
the kitchen and a comfortable fire
between our thighs
we talk about diversity
the highly context-sensitive nature
of human existence
the people of this house
which men ought to die
This was a warm day
I should be gratuitously wanton
ignore the many
fling to the very swine
This calls for
a highly qualified teacher
However, in real life
having no inducement to
the evil itself
they perceived their mistake
what might happen
full-fledged disagreement
a large detachment
a really safe environment
It is important
By the end,
so much regret
I stayed at home
like an obvious fact
harsh winter conditions
classroom experiences for all
*composed entirely with phrases stolen from Confucian Moral Self Cultivation (Phillip J. Ivanhoe), Ordinary Courage (Joseph Plumb Martin), and Higher Education and the Color Line (ed. Orfield, Marin, Horn).
