a lot of people at school giggle a lot
What should I do but fall back
When their skin is flushed
and their manner so rushed?
With words spilling up from their throats and out
to my ears; I hear but electrical storms
With no more meaning than ones and noughts
spiralling out from a wire and they walk
with steps so brisk that I fall behind
with steps so brisk that they miss the sun
break through the mist and panes and throw
light across the corridor,
shimmering beams on linoleum floor.
When their skin is flushed
and their manner so rushed?
With words spilling up from their throats and out
to my ears; I hear but electrical storms
With no more meaning than ones and noughts
spiralling out from a wire and they walk
with steps so brisk that I fall behind
with steps so brisk that they miss the sun
break through the mist and panes and throw
light across the corridor,
shimmering beams on linoleum floor.