School
by Sam M. Phillips

Creative writing is all I’m interested in,
I’m not trying to win
Your approval,
I seek removal
From your system,
I’m not a piston pumping,
A soldier jumping
To attention,
No desire for retention
Within your scheme,
I dream
Of freedom,
So condemn
Me if you must,
I trust
In a higher source,
I don’t care if I fail your course.

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