Wednesday, March 9, 2011

7 Minutes

For seven minutes:


The sky gushes, weeps, expostulates beyond the square of window, and the shade of awning.

One free space in my life between homework - and homework...

A crisp emotionless voice decreeing an earthquake

For seven minutes I can write and apologise for the fact that I have attempted to superwomanize myself - and failed miserably.

I can express my extreme impatience toward my class, and my tolerance (?) of their imperfections.

I remember, with distaste, the syndrome of randomness, which many of them have contracted, to a severe degree.  Momentary mind blanks last only for five seconds, before they are dully broken by the question, "Why is it so quiet?"

Seven minutes are gone, and doubled.

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