mid term assignment- prompt 3 and 7- Anisha das

Write two poems each using repetition of a word or a phrase

RABBIT HOLE

A.      Pat pat pat

The light’s too bright

I squeeze my sight back into my eyes

I roll out of bed

Crawl to the shelf

Walk into the uniform

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I hear the clock

The bus honks

We reach school

The person on the podium

Tells us what to do

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The bell rings again

Walk out of the premises

To walk in again

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The degree is a ticket

To another degree

Collect them all

Because life isn’t free

       But neither is education

       Hush

       What?

       Don’t ask questions

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Get a job

Pay your bills

Stay tip top

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 Make a friend

For life

Procreate

And pass on the clock

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…

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     Now what?

     Wait.

     For what?

     For death.

 Your time’s run out

We are all rabbits in waistcoats

Headed to the rabbit hole in he end

But..

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A.     Trending now

The sky changed colors throughout the day

The road does not end

Thousands are watching

We started from our 1bhk

Next to all the best designed cafes

Installed our eyes

Ran our tank dry

We have got thousands watching us

Wanting to live our lives

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The eyes talked to us

More than we talked to each other

They said we were their One True Pairing

They wanted something like we had

He said

To the camera

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We went on adventures

To beautiful cities

Far away

I wanted to go too

Packed my bags

Stepped out the door

He followed me

Twisted my arms

And smiled at the camera

‘you are not going anywhere’

The timer rings for the picture

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The eyes loved my shades

They were black

So was my skin underneath

He bought them for me

They were expensive

Much like the penalty he paid for his crime,

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Now he lies on the back seat

The eyes focus on his neck

Right where the knife slit

Clean cut red tee

And expensive black shades

Three million eyes stare

Through the cameras

One at him

One at me

And one spare

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