A Day At School

Broken blind
Strip of light
Shining in a darkened cell
Where people sit
With paper and pencil
While the guard tells you what to write
Staring at the clock
You wait for the bell to ring
For when that bell rings
The door springs open
And you are free
For a few minutes
To walk the halls of the prison
Until a guard shoves you
Into another darkened cell
If you refuse
You are sent to the warden
And he extends your sentence
But if you behave
At the end of the day you are free
To go home for the night
But when morning comes
You are forced to return
Back to that prison
In that cell
With that pencil and paper
And the strip of light
From the broken blind