Gifted to Regular- Ode to the Economics Class
Location
Follicles on my brown strands
Never connected to the power source
eyes and ears, see and hear
I couldn't revive what I once knew in here.
New in here?
No, I'm not new
The blonde hair, blue eyes
Held the A+ truth
Truth is, I was sick of it.
I liked being right- so I left
Gifted to regular
I was no regular in this room
First day in, my greeting was cold stares
Hickies on their necks, tattoos on thier skin,
They were stupid and high
Yet filled with life- I didn't fit in.
You're teaching Government?
Economies you didn't teach us to fix
It's like you're just raising welfare-awareness
Everyone in the room made me sick.
It wasn''t until one day
We learned The Man proposed "free community college"
As if it were his to give away
Quiet all my life, but I had a say.
The people all cheered in excitement
I finally felt comfortable enough to break my silence-
"Why the hell do any of you deserve a free education?
I've worked my ass off and I dare The Man to give you compensation.
I'll sail the stream made of the hard worker's tears
Straight to the White House and yell in his ears."
I paused.
"You all are so ungrateful of the government that gave
you free k-12 and you wasted it away.
I've respected the school and the law, so what makes
you deserving of an award after all of your careless f*cking mistakes?"
In that moment, I had no flaws
In that moment, I knew it all
My hair turned blonde, my eyes turned blue.
I realized I had finally spoken A+ truth.
Willingly, they alll gave me their attention.
They respected my opinion for giving them comprehension.
The follicles on the brown strands
Was never connected to the power source
Eyes and ears, never minded to see and hear
Today they finally understood what the hell was going on in here.