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Prompt #9 - Creative scene by @wildone

You run into school knowing you are late, again. You quickly stop at your locker and ditch your jacket and grab some books. As usual the halls are quiet during classes. You dash to your classroom, open the door and start on your explanation and stop. No one is there. No teacher, no other students. You leave and look at other classrooms, all empty. You check your phone and it is actually a school day and not a holiday or anything else. What's happening?

This is my collection of poetry written for April 2025, National Poetry Writing Month.

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A fan convention.
A federal lockdown.
An existentially annoyed teen who didn’t even want to go.
This blows.
And not just because of the oscillation.

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