LETTER I went to a second-hand music stall on Highway 67 during its rummage sale to see if I could find an accordion for my polka band. There I discovered exquisite hand carvings of miniature dolls. I had no idea anybody possessed such skills, but you proved to be quite helpful. I commissioned several miniatures, which you made from i-phone snaps I took of troublemakers in my classes. These, when struck on the noggin with a metal mallet, would resonate a "ping" that rendered mute and pliable those ingrates I could not control at school. I have always been tempted to commission you to carve up several administrators as well, but simply to make students well behaved was enough for me.
I grew up in Christian fundamentalism, went to hell, came back, became a Presbyterian then a Buddhist Presbyterian, and now I'm a profane Presbyterian Zen Taoist -- not that I'm into labels or anything. Here's what I've learned so far: The more you know, the more you know you don't know.
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LETTER
I went to a second-hand music stall on Highway 67
during its rummage sale to see if I could find
an accordion for my polka band. There I discovered
exquisite hand carvings of miniature dolls. I had no idea
anybody possessed such skills, but you proved to be
quite helpful. I commissioned several miniatures,
which you made from i-phone snaps I took of troublemakers
in my classes. These, when struck on the noggin with a
metal mallet, would resonate a "ping" that rendered mute
and pliable those ingrates I could not control at school.
I have always been tempted to commission you to carve up
several administrators as well, but simply to make students
well behaved was enough for me.
Dr. Mike
[October 13, 2013]
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