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Scribbles
Its all so much om and hieroglyphic
dissertations of meaning
brimstone snakes and ladders
incomprehensible even to those
who’ve fasted for years hoping
for a glimpse of immortality
Somewhere a thousand words ago
a ten-year old is tearing
his text book into strips
chewing them to black-veined spit balls
flicked with his ruler
towards classroom walls
and ceiling
some stick others fall
then get trodden underfoot
as bell rings for lunch break
© Johnmichael Simon
2010
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