Madness Memory Exit To Erie Temperance

What Was Beyond MeI taught grammar in the nighttimeuntil punctuation spilled out of my mouthuntil I ate thoughts like a koala beareats eucalyptus leaves.My nocturnal doctrinal habitslead me through empty hallwaysempty exercise booksempty student brains.The walls do not hold meonly the clock cages the hoursI discipline studentsby the writing on the chalkboardby the empty cardboard tubethat represents their diploma.I am as nomadic as the koala bear.I go from school to school.The leaves I read are always the sameexcept for the students who hold on to me.A new girl bends over to lift her booksoffers what I can't have.In the nighttime not even the guard watches.I want to touch herbut instead drive homein a nighttime as dark as her skin.Nowicki, Michael is the author of 'Madness Memory Exit To Erie Temperance ', published 2004 under ISBN 9781596610064 and ISBN 1596610069.