After you teach what they used to call literature
for a long time, there are some poems and books
you don't want to teach anymore, not because
of something in them or on account of
the students but because you don't want
to submit the works to any further
analysis--by anyone, especially yourself.
You want these works to enjoy
retirement, lying in the sun,
simply existing as a collection of words
and punctuation, without a career.
hans ostrom 2015
