Exercise

Learnt by rote. Trammelled
Along defined lines
Spoon-fed. Constrained.
Confined to the
Box.

The expected space
To be filled.

Bureaucracy. Ticked.
Hoops. Jumped through.

listen!
Inside:
is there?
still,
the shrill
insistent
voice,
the thrill
of
r e b e l l i o n?

b r e a k
f r o m
r o u t i n e

e  y  s
x  o  u
p  u  r
l   r   r
o      o
r       u
e      n
d
i
n
g
s

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