The Last Tuition Payment

We didn’t think we had enough.

Even after every month

we saved, since you were born.

Then the world changed;

AI came for the names

but you knew the game

and anyway

I’ll always bet on you.

There is never enough in the tank

for a whole new thing.

We only hope

there’s enough rope

to catch the next hook

in life.

And goddamn, I’m so proud of you.

While I thought about

paying for college

I realized your knowledge

has always

Been bigger than money can buy.