Ask and you shall receive
what lies people offer
even in my lifetime
Really why does The School
of the Art Institute
of Chicago raise hope
Nope don't tell your students
you may have funds to give
a poor student in need
as the dean you should know
writers write about crime
Little sleep have you lost
since your school forced me out
too poor for tuition
Despite the hopes you raised
after our brief meeting
nothing but dead flowers
--
Jinxed from the start by false
offers of assistance
I took the chance to learn
what's the point in art school
I feel like such a dope
Such a sucker to think
I have a chance to make
it as an artist bleed
Eternal punishment
on earth before hellfire
consumes my wicked corpse
Passionate flames devour
the offal of organs
lacking intuition
How to beat the system
where in America
the great Satan devours
--
As you Arnold Joseph
dislike when others use
your initials I turn
Jackal among poets
with intention abuse
the AJ in your name
--
Killing me would have been
kinder than to set free
a city coyote
Enter the limbo state
before graduation
as SAIC warps
Minds of art school students
to believe in the chance
to make it in this game
Pleasure to meet and talk
and dream but a moment
to button my peyote
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