“Adjunct’s Pledge (a.k.a. Broken Treaty)” by Kamala Platt

"Adjunct's Pledge (a.k.a. Broken Treaty)"

Whether I survive, or succumb,
work that makes the good die young
              I won't take again.

Platt, Kamala. “Adjunct’s Pledge (a.k.a. Broken Treaty).” On the Line, Wing Press, 2010, p. 20.