may we all be heard
words are bells
let them ring!


Thom World Poet Austin, Texas, USA
Global Radical networker and activist for promoting the live Creative Arts,
at every possible opportunity, especially in his home-city, Austin, Texas, USA


Monday, July 26, 2010

GRAND MOTHER LEGENDS

i teach-first @UT,now @ACC
(of course ACC rip off their staff with low wages -
but who does not?And it is hard to get in to any position now
Retiring?Of course i have considered it-but refuse
My mother taught till she was 70(special education
Eventually,it all got to her-the inertia of the system
Not the students(their needs are real-
though i do ban cell phones apart from vibrate-
and texting(who can concentrate in this TV age?
They simply cannot read nor write
and automatic progression is a lie.
I was afraid once-of not having the necessities
But now i guess i will teach until i die
or until it just gets too impossible(the system that is
not the students-when i see them glow with learning
it makes it all; worthwhile

RESOLUTION
"When i turned 50,i resolved to be happy
Every moment precious.I help my neighbors
and now it is 6 years later(i do not regret a thing!
I am SO glad to meet an Australian-
is there anything else silly that you might like to buy?"
So passed Saturday morning,in the University of Learning
otherwise known as Department of Garage Sales

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