dangling between the present and the past
little boy takes a glimpse,
and it scared him off his hat
dangling between the present and the past
little boy tries to reach,
and grabs nothing but what has lasped
dangling between the present and the past
little boy hushes to listen,
and hears only the echoes of a defeaning blast
dangling between the present and the past
little boy runs to explore
and finds nothing, only the sight of remorse
dangling between the present and the past
little boy looks down below
and jumps out of his wits when he sees what he unmasked
dangling between the present and the past
little boy feels nothing now
and he never went back to class