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.