In winter, when the trees have lost their leaves,
\nyou can see the prison from the community college.
\nIn the classrooms PowerPoints open like crocuses
\npushing up through the frozen ground, life experiences
\nthat the class have brought to barter for their education.<\/p>\n
You could run a factory on the power of their expectations
\nwhen they come that first night after work, the kitchen knife
\nof second chances at their throats as they run their fingers
\nalong the sharp edges of their unopened text books
\npraying this won\u2019t be the next brick life is throwing at them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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