I wake up
Absolutely certain
I’m late for some class
Haven’t been a student in years
Takes awhile to shake off the heavy sense that I got another life out there where I’m totally flunking out of some class
And then I’m all the way awake
Consciously sorting through all my peculiar disgruntlements with the various aspects of the education system(s)
‘Til I remember how many war criminals got wonderful Ivy League educations
And then I get on with my day
As I realize there’s nothing to fix or save
The stupid won well before I was even conceived
Religion, streaming video, unprecedented economic prosperity, multiple cable channels filled with political commentary, high quality widely disseminated knowledge, philosophy, fast food, the arts, computerization, AI, action figures with Kung Fu Grip, critical thinking, physics
None of it’ll stop the next catastrophe
Consider the Heat Dome
Consider the Affordability Crisis
Consider the Jim Crow Revival Gerrymanders
Consider the U.S. of A.’s latest war of choice
We’re living the Catastrophe
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