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Mirthless

By Thamara Bryan

Bitter!

Blasé!

Chagrin!

He frowned lousily;

He wanted to die

As often as always.

These beasts allow themselves to smirch him

And denounce his reputation

Of  honourable teacher

Into a blatant selfish monster.

 

Insincere!

Joyless!

Remote!

They must abhor him,

In his presence they are always oblique;

Speaking things their hearts couldn’t feel-

But!

Behind his back,

Chiche! Gangs!

Vindictive fires

Words that pierced his soul,

-mind and heart.

 

He was obstinate.

He was dogged determined to disgrace them;

His decision was chancy-

But it mesmerized him completely.

The cheerful, joyous and jovial

Laughter and enthusiasm

They often share

As they bury him alive

Were prejudiced on his path.

He must set them to shame!

 

Teacher-

No!

Not that,

Nothing more than a sick savage!

 

It fascinated him;

How weak their respect was,

How lazy their hearts were,

How shallow their minds thought,

He was eager for his advantageous revenge.

 

Picking up his envious weapons

With a sharp smirk;

He walked into the classroom,

Holding the strength of his revenge.

The palliative source of his sorrows;

Tearing through their souls,

He let the beast loose.

-And no sound was heard.

 

He merried at their dismay-

All of them!

Everyone!

Looking so lost;

Mirthless!

Clueless!

And only five minutes remaining.

 

Thamara Bryan is a nineteen- year-old student of the University of Technology, Jamaica studying Actuarial Science. She gained a grade 1 pass in both English Language and Literature at the CSEC level where she sat 12 subjects passing all of them. She also obtained a grade 2 in CAPE Communication Studied. She has a passion for reading novels, poetry and stories and as such had experience writing her own works mostly based on experiences.

 

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