PhD = Pill hopping Doppelganger,
A Haiku Sequence
ativan point five
lexapro fifteen mgs
forty pounds later
Used to take Paxil
Celexa and Wellbutrin
While I took Exams
Three exams later
Three medications later
One dead dream later
shrink says, take time off
I call in sick on tuesday
stay home, grade midterms
I've been here too long
email committee all week
no one writes me back
Flame war on the blog
Stockholm Syndrome Everywhere
Where are the classes?
Soon, a weekend
I will do the usual:
grade papers and cry
Monday, here again
Today, confront plagiarist
No time for research
Hour and a half
no time to pee in between
Section 2 Comes in
I forgot to eat
No time for dinner or lunch
No worries, still fat
Rotting tooth abcess
badly needed: root canal
extraction? cheaper.
No jobs in English
No preparation for jobs
Wham, Bam, Thank you Ma'am
MLA job lists =
snort xanax off my stretch marks
Thanks Dean Nancy Stamp
Expediency =
Mediocre manuscripts
At least you taught here
Exploitation? Nah.
Just wait till you're an adjunct.
Meanwhile, bend over.
ativan point five
lexapro fifteen mgs
forty pounds later
fucked fucked fucked fucked fucked
fucked fucked fucked fucked fucked fucked fucked
shift this paradigm
