dear kerry walk,
i never met you
and i already hate you,
and i don’t carry hate
in my heart
so don’t take that
with a grain of salt,
i hate you
just like i hate
david yager,
and yes,
i’m naming names,
how’s it feel
to take a century’s history
and throw it all away?
and shove it in the face
of the teachers
you couldn’t pay,
the students
who can’t finish
their education
and aren’t allowed
to communicate,
because
“advancing human creativity”
has never been
your priority.
a week’s notice
before you close
a touchstone,
and no one
got to know it
until the inquirer told,
and now you’re running
in every direction
to avoid the lawsuits,
acting like you cared
for the students
when you were raising
their tuitions
in a pandemic,
then couldn’t stand
to face them
even after
another billing statement
came their way,
now you’re trying
to stop them
from even having a say.
community comes together
on your steps
to show how much
they care,
and you’re still
pulling their hair,
you think you can keep
the wool over their eyes
with your
“open hearts and creative lies,”
virtual town hall canceled,
you’re cowards
from all angles,
even the admins
on your socials
are in anger,
fuck the memories
at this point
if this is what it means,
remembering an institution
that pulled the rug
from the feet
of its people
and left them
to pick up the pieces,
forced questlove
to be the voice of reason,
but quest said it best,
“this isn’t over.”
