Schooled in hard knock sufferance... -

soulful scribe matt er fact - seeks solemn sanctuary

Despite always pledging

allegiance to the flag

academic performance traced, narrated,

graphed... unfavorable zigzag

vertical lined spikes across

x-axis and y-axis displayed

dramatically sharper increased crag

when promoted one grade to the next

how comprehension did lag

attributed to allocating, dag

gone nabbit budgeting, crafting... productive

time usage, plus an affirmative nod,

whereby yours truly did lallygag

evincing object lesson procrastination

study habits shucked off cuz mum did nag

obfuscation regarding illegible note taking

I moost definitely haint gonna brag.

Deplorable curriculum vitae

not hearty and hale

equals pathetic academic performance

now displeases me,

yours truly did wanna fail

no matter parents told me, I got smarts

severe psychological dissonance

affected this male

in retrospect,... a tell tale

sign everyday existence

arduous, horrendous, perilous...

lifelong struggle analogous to quail

caught between cross hairs

tis pointless foregone opportunities... assail

self pointless, hence no surprise

metaphor locked within jail.

Report cards highlighted

plethora weaknesses bred

teachers exhausted markers

especially black red

spent small fortune replacing

regarding this jughead,

who practically proved deficiencies

prevailed within his head

arising and undoubtedly stead

dully contributing living

antisocially he approximated

being gratefully dead.

Search for acceptance during harrow

wing during formative years absolute zero

earning michelin equivalent laughing stock,

where mummified pharaoh

each arose out sarcophagus (cue Thriller -

Michael Jackson), a hero

cash equalling cow Jackson 5 era

before disgraced pedofile,

now keeps company with Nero

roman around within underworld

plus disembodied spirit Clarence Darrow,

who scopes, karaokes,

moonwalks... with monkeys.

Sundry dead souls heave pens, gogol,

and trumpet like Donald duck,

their afterlife I envy mingling sui generis

versus yours truly down on his luck

dismal flying colors

analogous to mire and muck

no man iz an island, yours truly isthmus

squeezing thru narrow passing lane,

this bummer doth aimlessly truck

this late bloomer summoning forth

long suppressed pluck.