Squeaks and slaps with each pass
Plastic and skin, again
Thumping a not-quite rhythm
Breaths hitching, students sniffling
Lead filling line after line
Fingers searching for rhymes
Eyes watching the time—
When is it over?
It has barely begun.
Squeaks and slaps with each pass
Plastic and skin, again
Thumping a not-quite rhythm
Breaths hitching, students sniffling
Lead filling line after line
Fingers searching for rhymes
Eyes watching the time—
When is it over?
It has barely begun.
