rhyme

Dwell on the positive, simply because the end had been drawn in chalk. Standing at that line, peering down at the spreading dust, watching it shift slightly over the pavement, moving just enough to start a difference, but not enough to change a perspective.

It had been several long months of friendship building, text reading, note taking and understanding, but finally, after all of the work, the testing had come to a happy close. And how did results unfold?

That evening, once everyone had left the hallway, the group made their way to the door. It was a collective, with some knowing secrets that others did not and some unaware of the connections that would one day be forged as tight bonds, as if welding metal to metal. Detours and poor directions, forgotten accomplices and petrol stops.. it could only contribute to the selective idea of brilliance. It was a nice coupling with the numbers pressing in upon the masses, everyone squeezed comfortably around the tables. Best friends, new friends, boy friends, acquaintances. Things would forge anew and boundaries would be both established and eliminated.

New things were uncovered, making unknown things less awkward. Giggling would be misjudged and eye fluttering would simply be to remove honey-garlic sauce from lashes. One cent. Gin and tonic. 12 o’clock. Far too early.

But bio was finished.