Friday, May 3, 2019

Show Me the Place, 33


“Show me the place.”
Duke Senior in As You Like It (2.1)

33: Lake Forest College; Lake Forest, IL: 1978–79.

We both had finished Ph.D.’s—
And thought that we would give a try
To college teaching (pie in sky?).
We took new jobs—should be a breeze.

But missed my Harmon very much
And left Lake Forest—just one year.
That life was not for me—so clear—
I missed the classroom, plays, and such.

But Harmon had no job for me—
No chance for me to go back there.
And so we tried a different fare—
A prep school—different, you’ll agree?



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