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Bryan Rickert

Culture Studies

One of the anthropology teachers in college used a cane. She didn’t need it for walking. She said it had gotten her through teaching in the 1960’s. When the “hippies” and “protesters” would try to take over the classroom she would beat them away.

“Hippies are ignorant,” she would say. “You can’t be ignorant and change the world. It takes an education.”

yard sale
a stranger fondling
mom's old love beads

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About the Author

Bryan Rickert lives in Belleville, Illinois. He is the editor at The Living Senryu Anthology. His first book of haiku, Fish Kite, is available through Cyberwit Publishing.