Drabble time!
Oct. 5th, 2003 10:52 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gothikmausWritten yesterday during a break from that $@%&ing thesis. I wanted to write something like this a couple of months ago but couldn't find the right words. I suppose the frustration running through my system at the moment helped a lot. And I even managed to make it 100 words, go me.
General. Rated G. Characters are pretty obvious.
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Power.
Wonderful. Addictive. Intoxicating.
Teaching is a dreadful job. Repetitive, pointless, frustrating. But it gives you power. Fragile, tiny little lives laid on the palm of your hand, just waiting to be crumbled.
But he wouldn't crumble. Since the very first day of class he has refused to bow his head. He looks at me defiantly when all the others cower in fear. He talks back when no one dares to take a breath. He shrugs when I subtract points and add detentions. His smile screams at me that I've got no power over him.
I will crush the boy.
General. Rated G. Characters are pretty obvious.
=====
Power.
Wonderful. Addictive. Intoxicating.
Teaching is a dreadful job. Repetitive, pointless, frustrating. But it gives you power. Fragile, tiny little lives laid on the palm of your hand, just waiting to be crumbled.
But he wouldn't crumble. Since the very first day of class he has refused to bow his head. He looks at me defiantly when all the others cower in fear. He talks back when no one dares to take a breath. He shrugs when I subtract points and add detentions. His smile screams at me that I've got no power over him.
I will crush the boy.
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Date: 2003-10-06 04:00 pm (UTC)