right hand pointing

 

     
  Francis Raven

from "Poems About Reaction"

 

 
15.

I wanted to learn about economics,
so I pulled out 10 books from the library
and sat down at one of those cold library desks -
proceeded to read 6 pages
(2 from Sraffa, 4 from Pareto),
went outside
to lay eye level with grasses
and write a poem.
The cost/benefit analysis
followed me slowly
but I didn't run.

 

 

 

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