This was not your education
Preparation with a price tag
Carry the right pedigree
So you can tell others what to do
The learned tongue
spins webs of silk
The original antithetical device
contrarian savants in reverse
Break outside the bubble
and discover the larger sphere
No trivialities in focus
No private screenings for privilege
Here’s your ticket to nowhere
And your bill
Pass the test
Are soft metals still mutable
after cast into a mold
Or just cheap scrap
not worth what you paid