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No More Places

No more places To run to Kamloops no more The frozen gardens The quiet walks The hills Kamloops no more Only God whispering In the rustle of the leaves Today 6 December 2011 Lying in bed 3am Waiting for another day Disappointed with my Arab students Demanding, 'you must pass me because I paid good money', No thanks, you arrogant idiots! Waiting two more days before I see my family in Delta, And I'm done and through with them. Goodbye, good riddance!

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Ed Farolan

Date: 8/5/2016 10:38:00 PM

I wrote this poem 5 years ago when I was teaching ESL at Thompson Rivers University, and for some reason I'm no longer happy with it. When I look back, those Saudi students were desperate to pass because if not, their scholarships were removed and they'd be sent back. So now I realize why they were so aggressive.