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"Zimmer's Head Thudding against the Blackboard" (Paul Zimmer, 1983)

9/20/2018

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At the blackboard I had missed
Five number problems in a row,
And was about to foul a sixth,
When the old, exasperated nun
Began to pound my head agianst
My six mistakes. When I cried,
She threw me back into my seat,
Where I hid my head and swore
That very day I'd be a poet,
And curse her yellow teeth with this.

Why do you think becoming a poet is a means of revenge in the speaker's mind? 

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Reagan link
6/27/2022 11:17:05

Thanks for shaaring

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