back to school

School
Can't wait
Have to

I'm a nerd
I know it
Deal

Pictures
In two days
Yay!
Boo!
Stupid acne
Great retouching

I already
Organized
My binders

I am SOO ready
To go back:

To familiar nerdy peeps
To familiar halls
To familiar sounds
To familiar offices
To familiar rooms
To familiar thoughts
To familiar tension
To familiar complaining
To familiar boredom
To familiar stupidity
To familiar knowledge
To familiar no-longer-freshmen
To familiar blah
To familiar nerds
To familiar amazement
To familiar laughing
To familiar music
To familiar familiarity
To familiar-ness

YAY!

Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

I went back to school today
To drop off my English homework
The halls were waxed
And everything smelled like paint
Chairs and desks and computers
Were stacked in front of lockers
Walking past the offices
Social Studies
Language
English
Science
Math
Which should've been familiar
But they were all so empty
It was like walking around town
On Christmas with my best friend
Everything was the same as always
But just empty
No music blasting in the English wing
No absurd laughing from the Language office
No Social Studies teachers yelling down the hall
No Science teachers wheeling things around
No Math teachers eating cake
The English ladies aren't clique-ing down the halls
As they gossip to each other
The Math and Social Studies coaches
Aren't bickering with each other
The Language teachers aren't
Bidding everyone they meet "Good morning"
It's just an lifeless pit of despair
And I realize
I don't miss the students
I miss the teachers

I'm excited

To go
Back
To school

You may
Think I'm
Crazy

You're
Probably
Right

Why am I
Excited?

I'm excited
Because:

The first day
Walking to school
That scent

No way
To describe that

So comfortable
Back in something
Reliable
Finally

Structure

I'm excited
To go back
And see my
Nerdy peeps

...
Sorry
"Intellectuals"

To sit
In those classes
And have
A clean slate

To feel
Nervous
With the unfamiliarity
Of new teachers

And smirk
When the old ones
Waltz in

I'm excited
To debate
And theorize
And learn
And teach

I'm basically excited
To be a nerd
Again

To feel that strain
When you have
A few worksheets
Two essays
And a project
Due the second week
After school starts

I don't know why
But I love that

So I'm
EXCITED