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How soon before this too will join the annals of simple-tool-extinction?
Chalk Dust
Chalk Dust
by Odin Roark
What history lurks
Below blackboard surfaces
Wedged in creases of eraser felt
In between folds of Oakwood trays
How pristine we wipe clean
The dark window’s surface
Making ready today’s learning
Tomorrow’s remembrance
Future’s childhood bygones
Like stars burned out
Disintegrating to dust
Time’s ancient knowledge
Forever seeks rebirth
Even though for many
Such simple magic
Has all but disappeared
Merely white dust memories
Purposely forgotten
For a few
The latent markings
Remain black and white teachings
Forever embedded in rainbow dreams
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