Another Dream Poem

you wake up and you’re back at dictators high school
you find out you should have been at your history class
fifteen minutes ago

you get to the classroom door and sneak in
all the other students    are the same age you were
when you were in high school
and they’ve all studied
you haven’t studied at all

you find a desk
inside the desk is a spiral-bound book
of fascist propaganda     you open it up
the student next to you whispers
don’t worry    all you have to do is sign it
do that    and you’ll be president some day

Written August 2, 2025