20 Marks of a Criminal Record [Poem] - A Tribute to Devah Pager
20 Marks of a Criminal Record [Poem] -- A Tribute to Devah Pager (1971-2018) I have to write: Devah Pager died of pancreatic cancer two days ago, y'all — a write up in the Times spells out an in-depth obituary of some type called, “When a Dissertation Makes A Difference” — Wow. Pancreatic cancer. I need to eat better, one . Which one will take me out? Two . Why live? Three. Because you have so much to give with only one lifetime to give it, four . It is ok to feel these ways, right now — she was that enormous for everyone, five . Why I have to be Ok with getting up at 3am and trying to write -- papers do not write themselves, six . Because she still with us through the work she created, seven . And, she will always be because the work lives on in and outside of us, eight . I am scared I need a serious break from teaching because