L216

We have cover again, as Basit is absent
I am the only one in the room at the moment
About twenty minutes early for the next lesson

It is a white room, cluttered with tables
There are always chairs missing, but not today
On the walls there are posters
Cards hang on string from the ceiling
Nazis, Hitler and the 20th century are the main
Focus

However, here and there, at leg height
Are mock tabloids on the English Civil war
From the Sun, the Times
Tacked to the walls with blue-tack

I can hear chairs clattering next door
The class is moving out for period two
The rest of mine will probably arrive soon
Unless they are ill, skiving, doing exams, on the Classics trip

The teacher, the department head, is getting the email print-off
That contains our work, the same from yesterday

Yet another day of 17th century history
In room L216