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*School life* By: Olafimihan





Ding!Ding!Ding!
Rang the alarm
I jumped from my bed
Oh!it a new dawn.

Resuming the day's activity
I had my most dreadful journey
Walking down to class
Gosh! The lecturer is in class
I quietly entered the class.

I think I know
What it feels like to slip into coma
I am in class taking lectures
Oh! I am so tired I cannot stare at the lecturer
He is so talkative as he has a PhD in education.
I cannot even take note
I can't wait to see him walk through the door.

She tapped me and whispered
Jerk! You are dozing
I said, the lecturer is rambling
We both laughed
But my sense are going
Slowly
I slipped into darkness.

He left the class
I heaved a sigh of relief
HOC stands up saying
The next lecturer cannot be with us today
Everyone is happy.

Jide throw spit wads and henry eats his pen cover
Bola poke Simi
And all of us talked and roared with laughter.

I smiled with pleasure
As the thought of making jest of
Dr.Funbi filled my head
Until I found out she was already in the hall to teach us.

    ©OJ Thorpe blog

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