Monday, January 14, 2008

Homework catch-up

There are papers all around my head
stacked in unorderly chaos
_____________higher
__________higher
______higher
Piling,

Falling off now
Slipping, sliding to the ground
fall
____fall
_________fall

It's all in my mind,
It's just this stress!
Of undone papers,
undone work...
WORKSHEET! WORKSHEET!

Oh please, please, please.
quiet
__quiet
____quiet

No more undone papers in my head!

In my hand.
Hours darken and the desk makes noise,
From Mr. pencil scribbling into the night.
Stress, but undone done!
_______________fading
___________fading
______fading

sleep.

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