Rudolph Rinaldi Poet Free verse

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You need to do something while sitting in an empty school cafeteria at 11:15 AM.

Until It Is All Gone

I sit in the empty school cafeteria 
Watching the floors being mopped 
By a dark skinned worker in jeans and a bandana
Taking in the smells of disinfectant

The tables and chairs are all lined up like soldiers
Awaiting the battle cries
The clock yells out eleven fifteen AM
Forty-five minuets to the charge

The animals in the forest 
Smell the red meat and 
Are licking their lips in anticipation
While circling the surrounds
Looking for the enemy
               For their friends
For the opposite sex
       And for a safe haven
All in one glance

The animals 
See and take in the smells of the opposite sex
Beyond the disinfectant
And red meat
Making small talk 
And eating faster 
Until it’s all gone and 
They go to their next class battle

The animals in the forest 
See and take in the smells of the opposite sex
Beyond the disinfectant
Making small talk 
Until it’s all gone.

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Carol Sunshine Brown September 15, 2011 at 7:28 AM Keep pushing your pen and share your wonderful poetry with us Rudolph. Love, Carol

Steven Cooke September 14, 2011 at 9:02 AM interesting perspective on student life, i like this, out of the ordinary.