Guest post: Disco Stick by Airdrie Miller

Disco Stick

Ask me what I do for a living
I’ll reply,
“I’m a math teacher.”
Don’t be misled,
I’m no smarter than the next guy.

Sure, the students ask questions,
and I always have the correct answer.
Grade 9 algebra is black and white.
See if the History teacher gets off that easy.

Recession, depression,
a good first impression.
So many people,
so many people.

See me at a party!
Tipsy,
reciting the Quadratic Equation to some guy.
What I’m really thinking is,
“you smell good.”
I am what I am
my husband gets it.

My house cleaner, Shelly, folds laundry
like an angel.
Towels appear in different dimensions,
t-shirts become new again.
Shelly used to work in a hotel.
I would like to live in a hotel.

At the shop for a new dress,
collective unconsciousness.
Medicare, mobile chairs,
specific shampoos
for graying hair.

My kids tell me I look like my mother.
“Those are Nanny pants!”
eschewing my mid-rise,
Lands End jeans.
Retaliation –
I sing in public,
P-p-p-poker face. . .

by Airdrie Miller
c. 2009

Airdrie Miller teaches high school math in Vancouver, BC. In her spare time, she produces the award winning podcast for women, Lip Gloss and Laptops.

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