Poem: Teacher

Academician N. N. Krasovkii

I was boring

And talking fast

Whatever I said

Was covered

By the random noise

Of loud thoughts

In my head

I used many

True examples

And quick facts

That I won’t repeat

Here the stories

Caused laughter

I taught about

Dislocated togetherness

Students found the concept

Personally relatable

And broadly applicable

I was shining outside

But inside

I felt super flat.