the signed yearbook

of course

most, if not all,

are all gone now.

all those teachers, some

wonderful,

some 

as dumb as we were.

but they're never gone from

your mind.

those cold

classrooms with

Secrist and Moak,

psychology and

French class.

Beck

and Reber,

history and math,

English

with Riley.

her long lashes

and legs. so dramatic

and alive.

she was the best.

you can see them

at the chalk

boards,

hear their voices,

each class lasting forever,

although

barely an hour

of our precious time.