Written by Peter McCollum
You always spoke with confidence,
gave feedback with authority,
docked points for independence,
and rewarded all conformity.
It was your way, and only yours.
The eightfold path to art.
A scarecrow/tin man hybrid,
bereft of brains and heart.
Found a school that’s small enough,
and you became The One:
the big fish in the tiny pond,
the favored, lauded son.
But you are smaller than your words;
the canon cannot hear.
The day you die,
the work you’ve done will also disappear.
Text © Peter McCollum
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How someone in the, scholarly profession exert that, adverse and, everlasting effect, until s/he is, dead, the, this, transmission of, lies, finally, stops, because s/he can’t TAINT, any more, impressionable, young, minds.