Friday, June 13, 2008

No More Emerald Music

no more emerald music
they said
and we trudged off to bed
still dreaming completely in green


and in school

it was the rule
(in study hall)

don't hide your worthless

emerald stories behind
your upstanding

algebra the teachers said, upholding the

values of formulas above even

this turquoise-green sky


what use was algebra

when all we heard
before or after

(or cared to hear)


was emerald music?


mary angela douglas 20 october 2007/rev. 6 february 2010

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