the teachers in the lounge
engage in
idle chit-chat
they speak of babies, and kids, and classrooms
it’s grocery-line talk
they do this every day, and I have been invited.
They spotted me, going to the coffee machine
“Hey, all we know about you, is that you dress a certain way
drink coffee, and drive that little truck.”
I look at them, mutilating their lives with conversation
Am I above them?
No.
But my ideas are, and I have the idea
that this is insane!
The principal is getting his water, from the watering hole
“How’s your day going?” I ask.
“It’s not boring,” he said.
When I was a kid, there were some days
I couldn’t wait
to wake up for
and as an adult, I just try to sleep-in
The years go by, quickly
Soon, I’ll be dead.
I think about, what my life would be like
if I didn’t go to work
“You’re wasting your time!” My parents would say. “Don’t you think you should be making something of this life?”
It’s been a long time since I woke up at sunrise,
and watched the sunset,
from the woods.
“Are you staying busy?” The principal asked me in the hallway.
Doesn’t he know his life is going to be over?
It’s like they can’t wait for that.
Intellectual Shaman 
Wow, this gave me a lot to think about. I am currently a teacher and so many of us really do just talk about nothing. I was in such a big hurry to be an adult and now I am here. Great poem
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Thanks, thewanderingempath! I like your name, by-the-way. 🙂 I’m so glad, I’m not the only one, watching the insanity!
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I haven’t been to the woods much this year, I miss the wildness. Schools are a place where people become shells too often.
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Yes!!! I think the learning turtle is a meme for education. I feel like we don’t become who we are meant to be until we get out of school. Unfortunately, I just finished my higher education, and now I work in a school. Maybe the solution is to quit my job? 🙂 Maybe, when the economy gets better! LOL!
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Lol I’m relying on public services and doing guidance spiritual reads by donation to get by. It isn’t glamorous but that’s what’s right for me right now 🤷♀️
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Awesome brigidfaye!!! Send good thoughts my way! 🙂
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Great observation.
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Thanks, the lean minimalist!!! 🙂
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Hmm interesting perspective 🧐 I totally get it though 👍🏻
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Yeah! I’m glad that I’m not the only one. For me, transcendence is so important! I just haven’t done it yet. Maybe, one day.
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