The Real Teachers (2015-02-15)
Our Real Teachers
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“These teachers were invisible
discreet as sex and seasons’ change
they only spoke in happenings
their only lecture was our pain.
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We all grew along their blackboards
until like angels we fell down
far smarter than we realized
they made our silence into sound.
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They used our stretching bodies’ ache
and the high arching of our bones
to make their hard lessons
come home come home come home.”
(From my book: Bourgeois Pleasures)
