i don't know how you  write a good research paper kid,
if you don't have a good idea,
you might as well plagiarize.


what are you supposed to write about?
write about what you want to learn
what you want to learn depends
             upon the white wheelbarrow...
                 
the guy at the tabak shop on my street
looks like a guy i knew in florida,
but he doesn't act like him.

there's a woman where i work,
she's respected and wears her credentials
like a hooker wears fishnet stockings.
I'm more interested in the hooker.

A friend of mine stole my shoes.
I was telling him the story
about how I'd discovered my shoes gone.
His sympathy seemed so genuine
I decided the shoes weren't worth the trouble.

I had a girlfriend who understood
how unreliable her initial instincts were
concerning friendships she'd forge.
Inevitably the fast friendships soured.

Teachers who've only ever been teachers
are among the most piteous creatures
roaming the earth. None of them recognize
the caricatures they've written themselves into.

I read an article debunking the grammar rules
that say not to end a sentence with a preposition, or begin one with a conjunction.
Students at my school are required
to make index card note cards. I must
do my best to change this policy.