teacher, part 1

by rhoda penmarq

i am a science teacher i have taught science for a long time men are pigs this is the 21st century but the patriarchy is alive and well art costs money the patriarchy has plenty of it especially in the past and so does so-called western civilization is western civilization as bad as all that? “can’t any of you people take a joke?” i was born in the 21st century women! men are all pigs sorry, i am not very much interested in poetry i am a science teacher men are pigs the future is on fire poetry is on the top shelf women, don’t get me wrong i bought my wife a birthday present but that is all in the past because she was a woman but did not read romance novels i try so hard to understand they say the novel is dead i know i do not want to write one