Chalkboard

Engulfed in a cloud of dust,
standing unscathed,
the chalkboard instructs
and primes
the adolescent minds
for the troublesome unknown
awaiting them,
all the persistent
concrete knowledge
then is wasted on slackers
and misbehavers
when it is cleaned out
for a fresh way of thinking.

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