Mind Prostitution
Steve Momphete
10/9/10
Mind Prostitution
My mind is yours only for seven hours in the weeks Like a prostitute my mind tends to be in your keep
You are nothing but a perpetual plan that I must seek
These superfluous advantages you scream to offer
I still exhort the truth that you make me worth more than a pauper
Some nights I am indignant like God’s wrath
Rose-colored glasses is your use against math
When I am raised too high you praise my craft
Can you honestly boost me up to a higher class!?
I cannot stand to be here sometimes
Because the things that befall my mind
Learn, learn, and learn you often plead
I ‘m listening to you but like a greedy man I grow covetous in my greed
The belief in you I must put away
You are the promised wealth that contains mans self- betray
I ate all my knowledge books with my best
But I am still not there and that is why I stress
But education is my tool
So that is why I go to school.
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