The Student

A not-so-fond memory from my high school days :)

Shuffling sheepishly,shaking his shaggy head
Sleep still stinging his half open eyes
He staggers sluggishly into class
Sits heavily on his chair
And takes out a book.

He slept at twelve last night 
Or was it this morning?
He woke up at three
And read till he blacked out...
Then the clanging clarion call of the bell
Woke him up again.

The sentences move like marching ants-
Neat, black horizontal rows across the white page...
His eyes red,and something like a hangover
Is pounding inside his spinning head
The lines grow blurry...
His eyelids heavy...
His head even heavier...

But no!He mustn't!
There are three hundred thousand candidates
Sitting the examination this year
And only twenty thousand university slots...
And there's a scramble and a furore to get in
Like breaktime at the canteen!
Every second he sleeps,he's jostled further from the door...

So he forces his eyes open,
With a Herculean effort
And tries to make sense
Of polymers and pyroxides
Sulphur,sodium and silica...
Uranium-235,Thorium-232
And tetraamines,and tetrahydroxyls,and stearates, and-
ZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzz...

Reviews

[Jvl narasimharao]

It is a wonderful write on state of a student.It is really a realistic poem

[Kiri Nells]

I remember my sister being in a similar situation... terrible and hilarious at the same time. Terribly hilarious.
Kiri

[DropDeadDenise]

hehehe, amazing poem =) by far my favorite =) it sure did put a smile on my face

[aviiar:))]

hello.!i like it..nice job.!

[Beth Wilcox]

Very well written.

[Angie Diane♥&hea..]

This was a nice write. I am in high school so I know how this is. I think you did a great job. Thanks for sharing. :)

[Dream Weaver]

Written with authority flowed easily from one
line to the next. humorous at times but most
definitely a great read and write. Well done.

[Champagne]

Well written, Alvin. You have talent! I like the way the verses flow. You have created a very vivid and graphic picture here.

[Papercuts.Hate.You.Too]

Bahaha this is exactly how I feel in class!
Like I could pass out at any moment but I just can't!!!
with lots of ninja love
-AnnabellAccident

[emmajoy]

I laughed at the first few lines and am not sure if I should have .. all those esssssses! The rest of the poem is so well read that I wonder if the beginning makes light of the content. Maybe you're suggesting something I've missed!

Great final stanza .. like the snores .. presume that represents boredom! Smiles