04-17-2014, 06:48 AM
Mr Barker,
chose to teach, it didn't choose him,
it spat at him, brushed and pushed,
showed him all its failed floors
and ugly scuffed shouting rough
corridors, it laughed manic in his face,
tried to trip him, open his case.
He trembled and couldn't control
the class or his body,
holding chalk was a chore.
Offered my advice for free,
keep away before you infect me.
I was outside college freezing
as the elephant shuffled onto the ice,
rattled by its bones ready to die
its legs shook with each mouse size step.
Shoulders heavy under the weight
of knowing it would only get worse.
I fell, offering an apologetic hand,
taking an arm as strong as a spasm.
Such a gentle face without complaint,
the tired effort beneath thin frailty,
grey wrinkles of desperation
in search of normality,
hiding in the chaos of the herd.
As the elephant drove away
I half raised a hand.
From then on when Mr Barker
chose to teach, I chose to listen.
chose to teach, it didn't choose him,
it spat at him, brushed and pushed,
showed him all its failed floors
and ugly scuffed shouting rough
corridors, it laughed manic in his face,
tried to trip him, open his case.
He trembled and couldn't control
the class or his body,
holding chalk was a chore.
Offered my advice for free,
keep away before you infect me.
I was outside college freezing
as the elephant shuffled onto the ice,
rattled by its bones ready to die
its legs shook with each mouse size step.
Shoulders heavy under the weight
of knowing it would only get worse.
I fell, offering an apologetic hand,
taking an arm as strong as a spasm.
Such a gentle face without complaint,
the tired effort beneath thin frailty,
grey wrinkles of desperation
in search of normality,
hiding in the chaos of the herd.
As the elephant drove away
I half raised a hand.
From then on when Mr Barker
chose to teach, I chose to listen.
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