my community college decade

when i finally

made

the dean's list at the community

college

my mother was

astounded.

i took math,

biology,

chemistry

and economics off my 

curriculum,

basically anything that

involved books

and reading,

or studying.

i narrowed it down

to Phys ed,

modern art,

and yoga meditation.

i audited flower arrangements

too.

straight A's yo.

three more years

i told her, and

i'm out of here.