After School Detention

Sterile walls close in
Floor coated in graphite and sweat
4 rows of little school desks
Bearing the marks of
Amateur graffiti artists
Sleepy silence broken by pushing pencils
A cough, A sneeze, anything
To cover the minute ticking of a clock
That's forgotten it's job
It to keep moving forward
These last 30 minutes until freedom
Until minds may finally rest
Until the sun shines again
Until one may be themselves once more