by Lisa Mamou

I want to take you to school baby
Not teach you new tricks
but tutor you on new ways to look at old ones
We'll start with the basics - reading, writing, 'rithmetic
Language they say is the key to understanding
In my school we communicate in tongue
Sender and receiver discourse in sign
Feedback is a key component
And the only shared word is "G"
Learning letters heightens the tactile senses
Fingers and toes replace pencils and pens
The body is the note pad
Writing does not have to follow a form
But it must have a rythm
Mathematics is the highest level of understanding
Where one plus one still equals one
And the cum of one is the sum of one
Where there is no confusion in the formula
But the answer is never the same
Come on baby, come learn my philosexphy

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