Superstitions

Part I.

A speaker last night spoke
about:

Remembering the sense of " Impending doom "
and tracing its origin.

Did it start at seven years old ?
With examining " Outer limits"
and: Unspoken laws-
( akin to magic ?)

" If you step over that line
the boulder will crush you."

Imaginary scene where

A child is focused on counting;
and then a ritual: "One for me- one for you-"

Looks up, realizing a teacher is
finishing some instructions...

Power, of choice-
-What did he " Miss " ?

The other children around him are getting up,
silently going off in different
directions.

He quickly shoves the 2 handfuls of
candy into separate corners of his desk.

"Assignment:" is scrawled across the
black board and underlined.
Now everyone is gone.
To where ?

" You Must Attend! " His memory speaks.
He wasn't.
Goes out into the hall and looks both
ways.No one is there.

Goes down the hall
Into the main lobby,

Looks in the auditorium,
looks out the front doors.

Way over by the circle driveway
Children are climbing onto
School Buses.
He runs out-