Flash

flash girls stood by the basketball net
twirling their curly hair

flash-mobs congregated at the back
of the sports hall
then quickly dispersed after toking on cigarettes

flash spouts of weather
poured down onto the concrete
it let us all kick puddles at each other

flash teachers preached to the bored
being ignored by the pupils mangled in plastic chairs

flash brash voices rang through every direction
bad behaviour was certainly an infection

flash of light
when we entered the form room
scratching our eyes; still asleep
barely finished eating our cereals after putting down our spoons

flash trash spilled out of the bins outside
sandwich wrappers
crisp-packets
colonies of hardened chewing gum pieces surrounded the bins;
an army of guards protecting the overflowing fortresses

flash lightning running
when someone was in trouble
running away from the deputy
at their normal speed times the double

flash and a-dash
at the end of the school-day
past the rusty gates
to remove ourselves from the shell of clay