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April 27, 2005 [feather]
April is the cruelest month

Here's an excerpt from a poem written by a Southern Connecticut State University student and submitted for credit in his English class:


So in poetry class, a poem they read,
That made Gringos greedy, and Mexicans martyrs.
Juan Diego protested of this hatred that was fed,
"The Gringos just did things much better and smarter."
White called him a racist, her face went all red.
Juan thought of this challenge and how next he can smart her.
"She wants me to hate Gringos," thought clever Juan Diego,
"But tables will turn, Senora tan ciega!"

By well made chance , Juan Diego found out,
That in the same dorm and down just one door,
A beautiful girl, with a squishy round snout,
Slept every day. He could hear her snore.
One night she walked by, her blue eyes funned out.
She bumped into Juan, just a night shirt she wore.
"My name is Snow, my mother is White"
Juan's brown eyes widened, his pants grew tight.

It seems to be custom, here in the States,
That after a girl loves a boy for just one night,
She brings him to dinner, though her mother hates
The sight of new boys with smiles so bright.
So Juan was invited to the White estate.
He rang the door bell and held Snowy tight.
White opened the door and there was a great swap.
As one face lit up, the other face dropped.


Edward Bolles, the author of the poem, was barred from class after the professor complained that the poem amounted to a veiled sexual threat against her and her three-year-old daughter. Bolles claims that the poem is actually a meditation on globalization. He has also noted that the tension between himself and his professor arises from their differing political views--Bolles is a Mexican and a conservative; his professor--who figures in the poem as "Professor White"--is a liberal. The university investigated and concluded that no disciplinary action against Bolles was warranted.


posted on April 27, 2005 9:02 AM








Comments:

He would have done well to have left race out of it from any standpoint.

Posted by: Ma r t i n @ b l o g b a t at April 27, 2005 11:41 AM



All of the links say that this is an excerpt from the poem. It would be interesting to read the whole thing to see if it contained more of the same.

Posted by: EdWonk at April 27, 2005 11:43 AM



She thought it was a sexual threat? In her dreams! How pathetic. He probably needs to keep an eye for her.

Posted by: Jim at April 27, 2005 4:46 PM



She is unsertin as a librel what to do with a minoritty that is a conservitiv speshully with the globalasation in the equsion and she is a profesor that rilly is pathetic.

Posted by: John-Taki Theodoracopulos at April 28, 2005 8:39 AM



She is unsertin as a librel what to do with a minoritty that is a conservitiv speshully with globalasation in the equsion and she is a profesor that rilly is pathetic.

Posted by: John-Taki Theodoracopulos at April 28, 2005 8:40 AM



I had hoped someone else would have pointed this out as well, but how many years of college does it take these days for a student to learn how to perform basic spelling and grammer checks before handing in his work? Edward Bolles might as well have stamped his forehead with "made in publik skule" :p

Posted by: Ma r t i n @ b l o g b a t at April 28, 2005 12:37 PM



...as opposed to performing basic spelling and grammar checks when commenting on a blog ;O)

Posted by: Ma r t i n @ b l o g b a t at April 28, 2005 12:38 PM