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Blackboard Eraser

Page history last edited by Volkes_Wagon 15 years, 1 month ago

How do I say this

Explain this sound?

This shushing and slipping and sliding sound

Of black, clouded gray, wiping chalk off the board.

How joyous; how refreshing; how nice!

Smoothly flowing, yet jerking ruggedly.

A blackboard eraser, the professional kind,

Or just an old sock torn a hole through the rind,

Wiping the white

Off the green-black board.

So annoying, though! When the job is done,

When the words are all gone and the kids are all run,

Boof! Paf! Phom! Powdery white goes flying

Like a lady's pale foundation.

I hold my breath to keep the dusty stuff

From getting in my throat and lungs

And making me cough and sneeze and tear a little.

Yet still it gets there

As I'm cleaning out the brush.

Isn't it so

Annoying? Such a wonderful thing!

Of erasing the words written on the screen.

Yet then, Phom! That's the price you pay,

The terrible white dusk flying in your face.

Comments (3)

Sweeten101 said

at 9:31 pm on Mar 28, 2010

whats ur bigest pett peeeve???

Sweeten101 said

at 9:32 pm on Mar 28, 2010

mine is when a teacher writes something on the board and when the erase it they leave, like, a little line or dot
i absolutely hate that
it makes me go even more insane
this poem reminded me of that

Volkes_Wagon said

at 9:49 pm on Mar 28, 2010

lols *nice*

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