The Professor's Career At An End

The lecturer behaves 
in such an intimate way
not taking the standard distance
that is derived from the 
model of aristocracy, 
innate superiority 
parenthood. 

The students believe 
cracks in the demeanor of the teacher 
mean that knowledge, 
power, 
the power of knowledge 
is going to leak 
like warm gas 
and that the teacher will deflate 
hissing onto the classroom floor.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2014

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