one---

a raindrop up,
drips from ceilings / onto walls, floors.

laughing children
run through hallways,
sounded ecstatic
I squint my eyes to
rearrange the tiled floor; again.

      (the familiar hum of passing cars on the wet ground)

two---

first period:
the whine of television in background,
found tense over scalding coffee,
misguided questions.

second period:
conductor; shouted over
discord; nonetheless serene,
over the roaring protests of thousands.

third period:
an isolated laugh; teacher glares:
--"no regard for beauty."

fourth period:
students -demand movie; how teacher weeps.
sunshine glares through windows, folded chiaroscuro
breaks unto your eyelids.

fifth period:
unrestricted sunlight blinds us,
children in a field across the road
ascend the hill.
inside the clocks falter off every wall.

three---

lit up hallway
-they glissade asunder, unwavering from their silence

the fluorescent lights buzz continuously.

A girl walks by
with far
too many books
She stumbles, trips
and falls.

-gathers her things and walks away.

At the end of the hallway, light peeks through a closed window.

footsteps in the distance were overheard,
The sounds of classes reverberate through closed doors.

The numbers on a door frame droop and fall off.
A tree outside sheds its leaves; this change is
equally temporary;- to fall into the arms of the idea
that they will soon be replaced.

These poems were written by me about two years ago today, I edited them but tried to keep true to the tone and statement, just amending some of the big errors I made.