moil and bubble

-

3 a.m.

recess

 

puckish sprites spring

from dusty vaults

dancing a mirthy dance

in the musty moonlight

 

fussy alcoves stretch

cramped muscles

persnickety sorters

of cubbyholes of flesh

 

history textbooks yawn

tomes from curtained nooks

creaking spines flopping open

to chapters long shelved

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