Ed Farolan Poet Free verse

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 August 5, 2016 at 10:38 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.