The spectre has gate crashed

A sudden landing,

the school is alert,

alas ! the poor thing is caught.

Like a wolf among the lambs,

crouched in the corner.

On them he bestows smiles,

to me he casts sneers.

‘What is it you want to observe,

my shaking limbs,

or my crumbling word ?

my sweating face,

or the dead silent class ?’

‘I observe everything ;

what I see and what I can’t see,

product and process,

the students’ performance,

also your whole essence’.

‘You deserter and traitor,

let me battle on in peace,

your paws thrust frenzy scribbles

condemning all my actions and intentions.

You frown, shake your head,

twitch your mouth and yawn.

Did daddy strip thee of everything you own ?!

Look out of the window,

enjoy a better view,

all that I do is for you,

too little or very few’.

The seconds are crawling,

the minutes have frozen.

I have never seen

such a treacherous consiparacy

with this supervisory policy.

My dearest bell

do not betray me too,

one scream from you

and this legal burglar

will sneak to my next door neighbour.

‘Right then !

from thine world I shall depart.

I can see through your counterfeit courtesy

that I’m your declared enemy.

I have measured your width and breadth.

I shall crucify thee on a flint grid

and expose thine sins to the whole world.

I shall be on your heels

till you have grown old and bold.

Alidrissi