the boys come in to class.
"mister, they got lin baden...",
"no, they captured saddam hussein."
"yeah, that one."
or the spider hole.
the sadness of it all. the ignorance of an
america
gone blind by bushites and cheney
chums
and how exactly does the pentagon
fight
halliburton
and where the hell is houston if not
here
at a place called home
or someplace so seemingly same
or so seemingly unsane
like enrons and the child left
behind
somewhere close to the place
paige left houston
for d.c.
where he likens
comparing
norm reference tests
and criterion reference tests
to
comparing
bull riding
and sheephearding
didnt quite follow. something about both
involving livestock...and shit, of some sort
(no high school football metaphors
this time.)
while these kids he left behind that he claims
to have helped
keep dropping out
to wash dishes for the
bush boys
he now resides with.
standards?
enron.
bullriding.
halliburton.
sheephearding.