i will face

two dozen young folks

and tell them, what?

that these are words

this is expression

read

let the words flow in your veins

like acid

displace something important

burn you

till you start making

some

of your own

that

these words

are powerful

important

your past

mine, sometimes

read them

read

not for the fucking grade

or the deeper meaning

just read them

and see what they mean to you

do you hear the harlots

and martians

and merry gentlemen?

will you let them

talk to you

and

really hear

what they're saying.

not for the fucking grade,

or the deeper meaning,

but for what they mean

to you.