Bob Hicok
An alternative education
April 28, 2026
Gun, Andy Warhol (1981 - 82)
Third period was dodge ball with rocks,
and if you were hit in the head and cried,
you were reasonable and they enrolled you
in AP history or math, but if you were hit
in the head and didn't cry, you were advanced
to dodge ball with guns, when if you were hit
in the head and didn't die, you were either
an angel or meant for a life in crime,
is how it was explained to me years later
by a woman with the most beautiful wings,
I suppose, if you're into that sort of thing,
as I am, or into it differently, as I am not
