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Kirk
A man so complex even God can't untangle his thoughts,
He is a master of his craft
A king amongst men
When a pen is in his hand it becomes a sword,
slaying commas and colons with his literary blade
His writing is so powerful and his grades so harsh he brings children to tears
Each mark on our paper stings more than the last
When he speaks it is volumes
When he loves it is hard
and when he cries it is a river
His eyes are blue voids of agony, making his comments infinite in wisdom
The outline of his bashful grin peaks through his thin striped gator
His bristly beard keeps his face warm and his mask from staying on
With every remark he dishes out his patriotic muzzle slips further and further down the slope of his nose
As his words pour down upon us like rain on dry summer grass,
we are rejuvenated and we feel our writing abilities begin to flourish
I walk into room 260 as a naive 16-year old girl and I walk out as Emily Dickenson

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This poem is a nod to my favorite highschool English teacher. He was a harsh grader and a tough mentor but my writing improved greatly due to him.