Both the Future and Past

Do you want education,
or just to get high

To reach your potential,
or pie in the sky

If it’s learning you want,
then take off the mask

That laptop you worship
—deceives future and past

(Villanova Pennsylvania: November, 2016)
Copyright © | Year Posted 2019

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