Day One: They Still Haven't Widened the Doorway

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-Sorry-

I say after I bump into you

It’s not my fault the doorway is so thin

You nod and continue down the stairs

Off to your class and I off to mine

I sit down in my desk and lean forward to tell my friend

How I want to start a petition to

-Widen the damn doorways in this prison-

She laughs and asks who I bumped into this time

I don't know your name

But I describe the tall boy

With the piercing the blue eyes that saw straight through you

She shrugs and turns around

For 53 minutes of fighting to stay awake

I pass you again later that day

I can't help but study your striking face

You give me that judgmental look

The one you use with e v e r y t h i n g

I still haven't figured out if you know you do it

Maybe it just comes natural to you

Like your skepticism and cynicism

Or maybe it should have been a sign

A sign to stay far way

If it was a sign

I missed it. 

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