Short Demerits Poems

relationship 
merit badges 
handed out 
after each 
unspoken 
test given 
within the 
game of 
prove that 
you care 
demerits 
given when 
the test is not 
passed...

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emotional demerits 
administered to 
those who fail 
the sentimental 
exam given indirectly 
by others 
are sentenced to 
repeat the relationship 
course
over and over again 
till a hundred percent 
is achieved on the relationship 
exam...

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Those who confuse Shubert with Mendelsohn,
Most likely can’t tell Mozart from Hayden.
They wander through the world without their culture on,
And cat-call Aphrodite while fishing for Poseidon.
Conspiracy theories have them nervous as ferrets.
Academic credentials are considered demerits.
They huddle in militias where their rumors bare fangs.
In a world where truth and justice are fighting for air,
A diploma’s only value is the wall on which it hangs....

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Stop teaching! Stop teaching! Stop teaching!
What do we have to do to get this through your heads.
We want them to know how to take standardized tests.
I guess we will have to start grading you teachers 


We have discussed it. The committee of Non-teachers and I.
We have decided to issue you demerits on the stuff the state thinks is important.
Hey, are you listening? Then what is wrong with you?
It is all about circling bubbles, you fool. Stop TEACHING!...

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When he put down the bottle!
When she threw the pills down the drain!
When they quit burning their lungs with nicotine tears from the codeine needed a trick from Houdene !
The moment time froze.

Wait ..... pause.....breath in..... out look up ! The sun is beautiful , the clowds love us... You don't need holy water to be blessed, you don't need a drag to feel alive you need light ,you seek God.

I don't drink !
I don't smoke!
I don't do drugs!
Straight like that, get high on life...

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