Unlock the Ceiling

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"Unlock the ceiling, Garret!"

Says the student to his friend who,

Standing atop a chair with keys dangling from his hand,

Has spotted a keyhole in the white checkerboard above

the Physics classroom, and,

Marveling at the irony of the metaphor I saw,

I have taken pen to paper

(Fingers to keyboard)

and pronounced it in black and white.

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