[exams]
I'm afraid of exams.
They creep up, slowly at first -
"it's months yet!" I think.
Then weeks. And days.
Until I find myself stifled by silence
D10, T17, B4.
Clutching at scraps, like dreams slipping
grabbed by the alarm clock.
Differentiation, integration, quantum theory, acceleration -
Thousands and thousands of us sit
Ordered in our candidate numbers
Tick of clocks and uniform thoughts
"Pens down." We sigh
a nationwide sigh
And I wonder
Two hours at a rutted desk
Is that all I am?