i
articlectomy 101
taught by
ms. de Bruijn
i hated the guts of her
ii
'today we will
write
choreography
for
still lives'
iii
think of
amphibrachys
as solace of
waltzing
embracing the stressed
iv
in
day job ed
they told me:
'don't give up'
v
'
no rhyming in
the cafeteria'
what part did you not understand?
vi
detention meant
cleaning away
lost souls and
broken hearts
vii
when we graduated
we stayed sober
for three days straight
viii
...i never saw him again
they think he went missing
in the
ellipsis lab
ix
hand on the switch
she said: 'Good luck
on your
dark poetry test.'
x
i wrote a
suicide note
for
extra credit
'too wordy', he said
xi
in
phys ed
we had kids from other schools
come in to
beat us up