left my body electric after a dream of fire
Pepsi-Cola eyes were all I had
demons ate my classmates alive, alive
there were no screams only the sounds of fire
but I awake and they are unscathed

the teacher hands me a book
a single Koi fish drawn on blue-scented paper
she knows how much I love the fish fry
I will now always miss
it burns with the rest somewhere

A delinquent brought his iPad
and in a moment's glitch
they all go out listening to Katy Perry's Firework

rewind and you see them trying to escape through smoke-soaked hallways