Testing

Stale air floats around the classroom
Backpacks and purses carelessly tossed on desks
Girls chatter on about nothing at all
Fluroescent lights reflect off the dirty white board
A dozen and one juniors congregate around one desk
Babbeling and gossiping about donuts and homework
A silent scribe sits alone in a corner
Unnoticed by the masses around her
Scratching a moment into an old notebook
A marvelous spring day sits on the window sill
Taunting the imprisoned girl
Silence... as heavy papers are placed on the desks
All the same... conformed... standardized
No room for creativity... individuality... for an artist to breath
Spirits crushed by a mere sheet of paper
Draining minds of thought
Conspiracy