notes on grad

aula graduation

i was 15 min late per usual
and paid $20 to valet
parking was free
at the theatre
the orpheum
downtown
magic

i quickly took my seat
in the balcony
where an antioch student
taking my ticketmaster ticket
asked me if i was sitting

when i questioned my seat
she restated it
statement this time
you are

all in all i would say the ceremony
as college graduations - been to 2
long, long, and unorganized properly
as is the antiochian way

the speakers is the real comedy gold
the above i will spin slightly
the speakers all had pearls
golden tickets of their own
untouched by me

opening speaker
antioch college
closed last week
bad press (what press)
yada yada yada

bridge program speaker
by far the star of them all
compared her nine month
experience as antiochian
to being chased down
and shot in the eye
by gang bangers

flint who i have com to appreciate
she as her intro said fights all societal roles
to the point for over a year it annoyed me
on a multitude of levels to the tenth degree
now i accept flint for who flint wants to be
just flint

just flint's analogy was antioch
was her girl crush
afraid to call
uncommitted
as she spoke
i saw it come to concept
fruition as comedy
ummm its flint

mae program speaker or teacher program
compared her antioch experience
no well 1st grad - then a MASTERS program
to harry potter - like a 5th grader
out of place & awwwwkward

to commencement speaker from cal state riverside
evidently domiguez hills staff had a bbq that day
told us in the first three seconds of her speech
supposed to move, motivate, & enspire

that upon sharing it with her 3 sons
they found it uninteresting and not impressive
so don't remember a thing she said
common' her songs have 2 be her hardest critics
and i just can not be bothered

then, as if it hadn't only been two hours that passed
the graduation procession began
like a bang, i had checked out
gone off to malta in my mind

people in robes walking across stage
FUCK my moment
i wanted 2 take pics
decision time

run downstairs and rush the front
in hopes to get a few good pics
of my lady friends walking antioch out
or stay and hoot from my nose bleed seats
as they paraded out to get their degree cover

i hope the choice was as obvious 2 u
as it was to me - pic of me an maria up!
and peace