Before Class

Mara Lynn Barbee

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Door is locked.
    Hallway is dark.
        Sigh.

Ah, a chair. And it's even padded.
    It's a lefty desk, though.

Sit,
    and rest,
  and wait for the keys.

A classroom door is open farther along,
    and the voice speaking
        is a very
                    monotone
                                  drone.

If I had a couch,
    I could sleep here.

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