please let me know

among other things, i can teach you how to be miserable,

how to increase, on short notice,

your alcohol intake or your credit card debt

how to dissect or break down expectation into syllables

& incorporate the world

the word hate into your vocabulary

i can teach you how to neutralize vandalize love:

its privileged private property with your mutt,

with graffiti or some sort of spray can

making an example of it without needing to go to therapy,

without getting in trouble with the law,

with your family

i can teach you how to do things out of spite, out of boredom,

how to be out of compliance,

elevating it to a science, an art form

i can teach you how to get your master’s in less than two years

if you’re eager to continue on,

if you’re eager to substantiate your futility

c. a. campos, 2011