Shrapnel
Five minutes till time
the dimwit’s calculator
crashing on the ground
halts the progress of all those around.
Sending bits of metal and computer chip
the kid freezes, stunned.
Thirty seconds till time
scrambling to crawl out of the deficit
the pit, the trap
the scarred students fight
to overcome the shrapnel
to avert the amputation of their future.
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