School Jungle
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Abbey Bailey, Grade 8, Sacred Heart School
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Poetry
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2016
Excellence Award in the 'Top Secret 2016' competition
The school is a jungle.
The teachers are poachers surrounding their prey,
Silently creeping before they strike.
The bullies are venomous snakes,
Ready to pick off the weakest link.
The hallways are the animal tracks,
Leading you into the tiger dens.
The students like birds with clipped wings,
Longing to be free.
And the bell,
Like a gunshot echoing through the tree tops.