January 14th, 2007

I wish I couldn't read.
Nothing good has stemmed from it.

I wish I didn't read 6,
When the alarm clock was
Clearly yelling 9.

I know I shouldn't read into
A simple 'hello', or an
Accidental, meaningless graze.

And I wish I wouldn't read
Every (every!) man with the same,
Foggy glasses.

That is why I
Cynically laugh to myself
When teachers preach that
'Reading brings new knowledge'.

Surely I am not the only one
Who has fallen through the cracks.