After Teaching

andrew hudgins

who it daddy?

A frase I always heard

my knowledge was used to develop adult minds

not fill cups with juice

my career withered away

each day

less and less knowledge

i thought i would too

while contemplating what would happen to me

the idea of alcohol passed my mind

i drank the purple wine and drifted away for a moment

an ancient couple

no needs or worries

soley existance

nothing dependant

no duties

no one sees them laying in the field

the drift into the upper world is slow and quiet

no one seems to notice

I made a self for him

I was so similar

years separated us

but nothing else

my boyish idealism returned as I awoke

my words had taught me to love

that life was so simple

it seemed like what I needed

but no one knew I was gone

so so gone

then I knew

I needed a purpose

it didnt need to be philosophical

it actually didnt even need to be stimulating

it could be anything

that left a mark on this world

something even as small as playdates