the empress

Feedback Please

i’m your student, just that.

one of hundreds, over decades, maybe thousands.

half-recognition is all i can get outta you after the semester is up.

damn you, Doctor.

i think of you by rote.

wake up, eat, smoke, think, smoke

go to class

smoke, eat, think, smoke, smoke, sleep.

it’s sick, honestly.

bet you think im just a good listener,

but i’m staring because im wishing you were more unprofessional,

wondering what it would be like if i showed up in your office.

Doctor, i see how you look at me.

Doctor, you make jokes and only look at me.

unfortunately, crushingly, you are very professional.

it makes me hotter.

an expert, PhD, a woman from the south proclaiming yourself, in love with your theories.

twenty-eight years separate us.

Doctor, you look at me every time you mention your age.

feedback:

https://www.reddit.com/r/OCPoetry/s/x8ObRNaIGC

https://www.reddit.com/r/OCPoetry/s/7SfPk5tbmU

Posted Mar 5, 2026, 7:07 PM UTC

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