if a train is going sixty miles an hour how far would it have traveled in one hour

when you hear

young people on the street

being interviewed

and they

don't know

when the civil war was,

or what country

Utah is in,

or who was the first president,

or how

many stripes

and stars

are on the flag.

when they can't spell

or do

simple math,

it makes you sad,

but you don't laugh

or poke fun.

you wearily shake your head.

we're cooked.

we're done. truly

our education system has

failed us.