I hear

I hear

When I think of school

I hear

Kids talking and stomping 

Kids shouting when the teacher isn’t in the class.

All of the kids are quieter than a mouse when the teacher is in the room. 

At lunch the kids run and shout like a dog running faster than a tiger, a cat, a fly, an ant. 

But if it is morning tea they walk to their bags and get their food and eat. 

When they are done they run and roar like a tiger.

They pack their bags and go home. 

And there, just outside the top window

As if it had never ceased to be

But only needed listening to 

Keyboards typing, floating free.