Oiliness Poems | Examples

School's Out

SCHOOL’S OUT!

School’s out
Building empty
But    inside old Emerson Grade
I still detect the smell
That same oiliness
I hated on my first day
That same mopped-on conglomerate
             flies    ants    dust    puke    urine
    and antibacterial sludge
All fused together
INDESCRIBABLE that smell!

Well    school’s been out for many years
Sign outside says
“OFFICES FOR RENT”
For rent?
Hell!
Building shook when a truck went by
50 years ago
It should have caved-in by now

But NO!
There are offices for rent
Though nary a soul has set up shop
I think it must be all the hate they sense
Hate    seeped-in to ceiling    floor    walls
Oh how we hated dear old Emerson School
The smell alone would drive a saint away

SPOOKY!
Because now    if you listen close
You’ll hear hundreds of kids
Joyous
Ghostly depression urchins
Distant
In unison SHOUT!
SCHOOL’S OUT!