A Toast to Ten Years of Unnecessary Learning That Maybe Made Me Who I Am

I am a know-it-all with a lot to learn.

I was a know-it-all with a lot to learn

Ten years ago.

Then I learned how the other half lives.

I learned how the forty-seven percent lives.

I learned exactly how forgetting works.

I learned that you can make ten years

Out of slim hopes and lying and hiding,

and now I'm going to learn if that's like

Writing, or if it's like riding a bicycle,

Because I don't plan on practicing,

Not for a long time, anyway.