Job Training

Instructor stationary
at the head of the class
silent cars moving
in her one ear out her other
past glass windows beyond her
as she speaks
--and a big yellow truck says PENSKE--
and we listen or not
or watch the traffic through her head
dazed or alert.
Sun casts its rays
through my plexiglass aqua bottle
sparks white fire in water
and quavers against my name card.
Instructor says coolly: too vague--
this response merits a one.