The educated are stupid
Salinger salamander tongues
Reading Lolita and sticking
Fish and worm-tongues;
Bananafish in holes
That they cannot escape from---
Now one lost his life,
His wife, his reputation
His trustees, his kids
And an exponential amount of brain cells
Experience kills
There is no escape
Slippery white slopes
Piles of dope
Broken pink cell phones
A mug shot or two.
Cups of coffee couldn't keep me awake
The back pain heart hurts
Without a panic attack
I quiver and quake
and think and equate
Trying to grasp
Hold on to the thread
Of solitary respect
That I have left
And the hatred accumulates...
And fulminates
and spews out of me
Like hot tea
A face caught in the light
Shines in my mind
For one last time
Before I let it all go
Or try to, at least...
Again my friend,
gone.
Please tell me what you think
Comments
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I like this. It's so raw.
The book references in the beginning were cool.
Great poem!
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thanks. i wrote this almost a year ago, when i was very depressed about a lot of my life teachers letting me down, and even perhaps stabbing me in the back. at the time i felt that Salinger's "experience is a bad thing" mode was very applicable.
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I see.
No problem.
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