Prompt #3
Alone in a quiet classroom. I’m too tired to focus on any work so instead I look around the room. Tables with computers on them surround the room. Not a single chair is left empty. Students sit in their chairs staring at their computer screens. Fingers type quickly across the keyboards. A projector projects the teacher’s computer screen on the front wall. The teacher’s computer background changes every minute. One minute it’s a lighthouse with seagulls and the next it’s a group of cartooned creatures. The walls are bare just showing the off white paint. The teacher’s background is now a pile of leaves. The back wall is covered with windows. My seat is facing the windows so I can see outside. I find myself staring at a parking lot. Conveniently, it’s the parking lot where my car is. However, I’m not able to see my car from where I am sitting. Still, it makes me want class to end quicker so I can go home.
Whew, that's a sad piece--tired, crowded room, silly background changes, a tempting parking lot....
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