College tuition
isn’t in the family budget
and due to my homework policy of never
my grades are whatever
aside from the writing ones.
Application deadlines
Woosh! by
my fleeting vision of
journalism school
away
grounded
before it can even land
on a specific campus.
Lewis forces finds me a job
at his friend’s dry cleaner
where I memorize the customers
by the sizes on their tags.
Mom helps me fill out
“we’re poor please help” paperwork
for classes at
Butler County Community College
the old BC3 default plan
for underachievers.