Feb 28, 2008 16:40
An opaque blackboard
Prominent up front
White smears the remnants of yesterday's lesson.
A lesson recorded in a spiral, lined notebook
Now tucked away in a heavy, black backpack.
So many lessons in one bag,
So many things to learn.
Too many words, myriad ideas
Not enough time
Capacity used for more important things...
A mother is dying,
A child is starving.
But the lesson is x²+y²=1
The cosine will save us,
The secant provide.
The tangent will buy medicine for someone in pain.
And we'll stow this away in a heavy black backpack.
Saved for exam day...(it's no use anyway)