Monday, April 27, 2015

The Pencil and the Parting Words



on the last day of class
announce to your students
they will be leaving with
a parting gift, from you

tell them:
this is crappiest, most inexpensive 
present ever
or 
pure potential
a prize to treasure and wield 
with power and passion 

some will discard 
others stow in a backpack 
or put on a shelf

then the rare few 
they will write and remember
until all that is left
is a worn eraser
at the end of a pinkie-sized
black wooden pencil remnant 
the graphite gone 
on to bigger things 
like your students 

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