cover up and how it ruins us
yeah, teach, i’m aware i have glasses. i’m
also aware of what they mean to you – quiet,
shy, high honor roll. it’s not because i can’t see
three feet in front of me that i’m in the
first row.
right now i’m failing three classes – yes, three,
including yours. you told me i would understand
it eventually ‘cause i’m smart. well, two progress
reports later i stil don’t understand how to
graph that vertex.
let this be a lesson on ‘looks can be deceiving’ –
the football player in the back, right corner,
doesn’t need to be babied. he gets it. and the
girl you threatened to throw out (twice)
this year isn’t going to include you in her
nobel prize speech, i promise. i would know,
she’s a good friend of mine. but the boy who
smokes pot every night, isn’t going to make
it to the third year of college. we call
him a druggie; you call him valedictorian.
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