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ROOM 222A Dingy institutional avocado brick west wall of a white square classroom, fourteen rowed fluorescents look down on sixteen teenagers in various states of study, boredom, fear, love, sickness, sharing, rhythm, preoccupation, fatigue, laughter, bemusement, laziness, grooming, composing, conversation, and percussion. Tapping on a laminate desk equals creation of a single future. One word at a time, this arranged laboratory is part of the great experiment, to see if these sophisticated insects will improve the already perfect earth, or speed the need for a cosmic rewrite. © Don "Kingfisher" Campbell |
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Commentary: Another writing workshop exercise. The first thing to catch my eye was the wall. I scanned across the room to try to capture the whole scene, the depth of which stimulated my muse with the widening of the "frame" bringing in the students, their actions, the room itself to the great scheme of things. Very cinematic. Don "Kingfisher" Campbell Bonfire contributor |