June is the cruelest month, blowing
Vapor from the abyss, swallowing
Breath and bone, breeding
Life in clouds detached, dying
Winter kept us cold, crying
Sky tears, cleansing
The filth of last month, burying
Hope in earth rooted, withering
The shower kept us warm, pulsing
Waves of a slower death, purging
Condition for small sins, granting
Solace to any fool, reveling
In that small respite, we walked along the pavement
And went on dryly with our day, into the rehearsal room behind the theatre
And ate our food, and gasped for life amongst the stained white shroud
And savored every swallow, as if it were the last
That bell meant nothing if we didn’t want it to
So we defied it time and again, as free will dictates
We escaped to the jail, and never lost what free will couldn’t give us back
And contentedly, we unfastened the noose from which we hung
And when we were younger, THEY hit relentlessly
Yet not a single bruise could be seen on the skin
Yet not a single tear could escape the bubble
Yet not a single cancer could ravage the lung
The judgement day never came, and we rejoiced;
Idiots that we were, fiens for hope and more
We feasted and indulged in almost ignorance;
Swine fattened for a glass altar
So now we sit, blemished and blotted
And not quite broken, but something more pathetic
The bell is still ringing in the distance:
Hurry up and go back to your class.
A 'remix' of T.S. Eliot's The Wasteland. About skipping class and vaping and youthful near-delusions