The Comprehensive School at Ailsthyu-Dulundruth...

Sunlight,

in pale rays falling through the fog thin

of golden sand & dust

a mid-day heat

looms... in the unrustling trees

stillness

pinkish

the red brick, awesome, shadow of the distant city...

the classrooms, coolness

filled with a fragrance of paper, dark ink, & wet earth

dissolve

in the waves of the invisible sun

outside

Shouts, as on the porch, a group is gathering for a school trip

the chirrup of the engines of ancient cars

along the warm & muddy road

the hooting deep roar of the school-bus

like a pipe organ

starting up