In college I majored in Mold
Courses I took
The Origin of Mold
Contemporary Mold
New Mold
Old Mold
Tomorrow’s Mold
How to Produce Mold
What Makes Good Mold
The Effects of Mold on Man
The War Against Mold
And my thesis…
How to Break the Mold
The Herd
Standing on the field
Hundreds of young school kids
Told to sit on the grass
Our jackets, sweaters left behind
In our hasty departure
Watching police enter each classroom
With dogs, guns, and commotion
Not knowing why we were kept on the field
My 7-year-old consciousness only grasps
Hunger, cold, and boredom
Trusting adults in charge
We continued to wait
Herded to safety
Instructed to remain quiet
After hours of detainment
We were allowed to leave school. . . . go home
We were later told the evacuation
Was due to a phoned-in bomb threat
What would have happened if an explosion occurred
Would the distance have saved us
Or were we herded to slaughter?
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