What Does An English Teacher Eat For Breakfast?
My textbook open in the morning
I'm rushing to write this poem
ignoring my burning eggs.
I wonder...what does an English
Teacher eat for breakfast?
Maybe they eat their own words
washing them down with a cliche
Perhaps they are not human at all
roaming the earth, torturing
high school students who don't
know witch from which.
Of course, I wouldn't know what an
English Teacher eats for breakfast since
I ain't never had breakfast before or
even learned myself
how to cook.
I wouldn't know what an
English Teacher eats for breakfast
because I grew up without time
or motivation or drive
or even the energy
required to lift a
gallon of milk
and mix it in a ceramic bowl
with a bunch of wheat
I am born of laziness
What do I's know 'bout
correct grammar?
So please don't take away my laziness
on the couch
I ain't got no dang idea
how them inner-city folk
called English Teachers eat
all them vittles
but I's will sit here
and whittles.
