Schooling hasn’t made you any smarter
Isn’t that always the way?
It just made you more likely to babble
With nothing to say
Ivy league
The disease
That sucked out your soul
You argue
And banter
Shut your fucking hole
Don’t you know
I’m not here
To debate with you?
But I am
And I find myself
Hating you
I told you
I warned
Leave it alone
But you didn’t
You pushed
I don’t care who’s wrong
You want me
To salute you
Your Majesty
What you’ve done
Is the worst kind
Of tragedy
You killed
Something beautiful
Inside of me
Something I loved
Has shriveled
And died in me
My love burned away
Now it’s gone
Are you pleased?
You poisoned me
Filled my soul
With disease
Now it’s
Back to the hate
For living
And my life
You’ve done it all
About the Creator
Gene Lass
Gene Lass is a professional writer and editor, writing and editing numerous books of non-fiction, poetry, and fiction. Several have been Top 100 Amazon Best Sellers. His short story, “Fence Sitter” was nominated for Best of the Net 2020.
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Am I right in saying that your message is that higher education poisons the love of whatever it is that you study? I know it was that way for me. It was so much so that I never finished and decided instead to, 'follow my dreams,' it hasn't made me much, and the recovery time was years in the making, but I'm finally back at it. Thanks for sharing.