Time Off, Holiday

• Beatrice Zhang, Grade 10
• Poetry
• 2017

A thousand words judged for imperfection.
Blended brainwork battle for want of sleep.
Scrabble words together in haste for speech.
Two weeks left more work is due, don't disturb
  me.

Melancholic colour print on paper.
Reports of tasks now graded keep the hype
  and tension from fading throughout the week.
Last week done slapped down now slumbering deep.

Few weeks of freedom spent lounging at sea.
Searching the ocean for sights of fins flee.
Lazing like seals sleeping on sunshine sheets.

Eleven weeks' sickness for these rare treats.