394

We each are tested 

Teachers and students alike 

And we each give grades

391-393

I didn't ride trains
or buses much as a kid-
"overprotected"

I've been riding trains
of thoughts that take me places
since I was a kid

Coached new behaviors
Practiced and drilled over time
Teaching or training?

390

I have nightmares
about leaving my old home
without having keys

389

Like a broken branch
That's how he feels as he sees
His father aging

388

Splitting from the trunk
skinny and leaning sideways
the lone branch bounces

A zero can't sigh
or feel the wonder of now
He said, being one

382-386

One of the zero
He sits, his head in his hands
Sighing out the day

One of the zero
the zero who read the rules
wasting time in school

He doesn't stand out
from the zero who stand out.
One of the zero

He checks the option;
yes, he agrees to the rules
which he didn't read

"One of the zero"
he ponders the sound of it
wanting to be more