found an old composition
the other day
on negativity.
positively
no
counter-acting
optimistic
essay
but a rubric
for a negative
number
essay
and i thought
how early
at fourteen-
the system
taught me
in fifth grade
that negative
was right
was necessary
was mandatory
to pass
class.
s./j. goldner
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/only-as-loud-as-the-complaints-you-make/