"Student Evaluations" by Jess Smith

Jess Smith is currently an Assistant Professor of Practice at Texas Tech University. Her work can be found in Prairie Schooner, The Cincinnati Review, 32 Poems, The Rumpus, and other journals.

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Student Evaluations

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Not too hard. A very fuckable
face. Hard. Made me want
to read more poetry. You will really

like it!!!!! She only gave
good grades to leftists. Cute
outfits. Cute brain. You will fall

in love. Dumb. I thought poetry
would bore me. Too much. I’d take her
again. In my dreams, her eyes

float out of her face
and up to the ceiling, her jaw
unhinges and slaps

the floor. In my dreams,
I pull her ears to stretch
her face wide open like

an accordion. She wants you
to learn. Not enough. Very
caring. A voice like a lullaby.