Failure lit

System failure
The school the big classes
The just let her pass
smarter than the average
slow reader
big imagination
never pays attention

day dreaming 
lala land
what we didn’t know then
wanna be
actor director
controlling the scene
lover another
I know you want me

surviving
escaping some label
not the dumb blonde,
the learning disabled

college anyway
can’t pass to 101
the dummy class
the college course
a boyfriend 
a job at the record store

“why don’t you do hair”
moms best words
graduate high color numbers
chemist who knew
passionate and physical
love my career

years later 
I dabble
acting classes
cross country excursion
summer nyc
the train ride reading 
the journal writing 
apply and get in

pass to lit 101
hurray 
the f final class grade of yore
english 100 I never passed 
yet I learned, I learned!
journalism major