Academic Seeds and Street-wise Crows

Academic Seeds and Street-wise Crows

 

 

 

the cafe is emptying

plastic coffee cups milling with the birds

who perch on the "for sale" sign

 

minds crackling, unused chirps of gold dust 

imagination----------------------------------------------

vacant shafts of light

 

the morning cries

a building stands deserted 

of the knowledge it once held

 

a moribund tune denies the wind of change

but the song eventually gives in

 

there was a rush to judgment

and now only a lonely dollar bill

adjusts its tie, by a curb

 

where teachers used to park.

 

 

 

 

erin-cilberto

3/1/16

Reviews

[writing mojo]

universal rules and even the physics of belief can changed. Your philosophy is quite impressive to those who choose to be inanimate and subjected with the world coming on around them...excellent piece

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your kind review, writing mojo...things do change...and sometimes we go backwards, i think...i appreciate your visit.

j.

[Jimmy Yetts]

An obviously knowledgeable assessment.
Poignant and powerfully expressed.
Uncomfortable truth-telling, prof.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

yes, and dealing with a very uncomfortable situation right now...

thank you so much for your words, Jimmy.

j.

[David Scott]

Hmmm?
Everything and every place will go through ebbs and flows. When is it just a time of day shift and when is it time to renovate and innovate?

I feel this. Teachers are becoming harder and harder to find in this society in general. Even those who choose a job in education seem to give up on the idea of teaching. Is because no students are ever showing up?

A very deep pool of water here.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

it is getting deeper where i teach every day...due to economy and mismanagement of money...

it's tension you could cut with a plastic spoon.

thank you, David...

j.