You pick 7 people
Tell us to put our heads down,
thumbs up
I do and close my eyes
Squeezing them shut
hoping I'm not picked
My head on the desk
Thumb up in the air
Someone taps me,
unwillingly no doubt
Standing up
I look at the 7 people
standing there in a row
I pick
and I pick wrong
Back down in the seat
wishing to not be noticed
Childish game for
childish people
I'm done
I take the bathroom pass
and walk to the bathroom downstairs
Not the closest
but the farthest away
I draw the blade from my pocket
Slide it across my wrist
7 up, 7 across, 7 down
7 cuts for the 7 people
Author notes
we played the game 7 Up in Spanish today cuz we had a sub...unfortunatlly everyone had to play and unfortunatly, i got picked...i didnt go down into the bathroom, but i did think about it which is where the last stanza comes in...the rest, not so much
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