Scott Simpson · Poetry

The Center of the Moment

Use For Kindling · source pages 37

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You are the center

of the universe—

not always,

but right now,

as I sit

with you.

I’ve turned off

the ticking list,

left the lesson plan

on the desk.

This moment

is a kind of teaching,

a kind of learning.

The curriculum:

you.