- Haribhakta Katuwal
I won't go to school, pa
where history's dead days are taught.
Math formulas, too, are all worn out
like a rusty old machine
I don't want to get struck
between pages of history
anything but history
let me move on faster than that
and live in the days yet to come
so I won't go to school, pa
where history's dead days are taught.
I'd rather have lessons I can carry with me
than the ones that are framed on a wall
I'd rather cut my own path
than walk over that of another
I need a shovel in my hand
not a volume of history
and I don't need a plan
to climb every summit
and settle all debts
that earth has had to bear
so I won't go to school, pa
where history's dead days are taught.
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