i'm scared that i'll stop writing

i said at a Quaker meeting 

shock and amusement

to this dimwitted student

disbelief and doubt 

rippled in wrinkles

“you're the poet of Vershire” 

they said

because i only write at the mountain school

i only write at the mountain school

for in concrete consciences

is common app castles 

aimless applications

before ACT sheets

thin like tissue paper

thick like a real job

so i'll take notes in you're biology lecture 

a cultured chaos 

of tired technicians stuck at the computer 

stacking and cycling 

repeated infections

a virus of stability

i want Flintstone shards 

the disco ball dream

is writing a poem everyday 

like the blond girl at my table 

but i only write at the mountain school

i only write at the mountain school 

i'm scared that ill stop writing 

absence of moss 

so it is a plain rock

so still to observe travelers pass by

in temporary stays 

forced to watch everyday 

it never sounds better on the page 

disco ball dreams 

remain in brain folds

intangible idioms  

will never sound better on the page