The Classroom

Before prose, poetry was my companion.Poem Book SixThe Dark Side of LightJunior Year, Arts and Letters, 2001With undulating voicehe speaks in a podiumof unsustained secrecy.By word of mouth,all rumours about the innocent blackboardtravels at the speed of light,carried by chalkdust intoendless space,becoming tiny bits of remembrance scatteredyet linked together by a bond stronger than the nuts and