what is this iniquity?

why is it that I’m forced to sit

for hours on end

to listen and “learn”

information I will never need

when I would rather be

outside in the sunlight

learning the world

on my OWN terms?

is this not america?

are we not free?

or perhaps we are the controlled

rather than the controllers

we are just to smart to see

that the definition of intelligence

is not in how well you take a test

or is not the letters and numbers

they categorize us with

that put you ahead or behind

it’s in realizing that

none of this matters in the end

because a high school diploma

or a college degree

will not effect the depth of your grave

nor shield you from it