Admin Assistant
In your slideshow
I assembled
You show how you
Know to go to
What is important
To important people
The Heart of It
Your book is called
Actually more an ebook
You call yourself an
Efficiency Expert of
The Modern Mind
The things that you
Do not do are the
Things that I do for you
Your worth is my
Worthlessness I
Am your inverse
In your chapter on
The tree of knowledge
The tree is you
Your brain is shown
Branching big
Above the others
I am the storm drain
For your overflow thoughts
Passwords, appointments
I collect the leaves
That fall from your
Unfettered inspiration
Your glorious green crown
Reigns over smaller trees
In the town square
But where does the water run
Where does the pee flow
From the homeless men
Measureless caverns
To a sacred river
Of dog shit and knives
–Ticky Kennedy
Reclusive Poet in Residence
SchoolNewsToday.com
NOTES
“‘Shallow work’ is my term for anything that doesn’t require uninterrupted concentration. This includes, for example, most administrative tasks like answering email or scheduling meetings. If you allow your schedule to become dominated by shallow work, you’ll never find time to do the deep efforts that really move the needle.” Cal Newport, author of Deep Work.
“Stormwater pollution results from materials and chemicals washed into the storm drains from streets, gutters, neighborhoods, industrial sites, parking lots and construction sites. This type of pollution is significant because, unlike the water that goes down a sink or toilet in your home, stormwater is untreated and flows directly to a lake, river, or the ocean.” United States Environmental Protection Agency, “Stormwater Runoff.”
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