Late lunch, bread toasting
Black smoke spiralling upwards…
Fire Drill averted!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
How the ‘Late Lunch Lark’ really went down...
At last, lunch, only two and a half hours past noon!
Make haste, school will be out soon!
Is that smoke I smell?
Oh hell!
Quickly, swiftly, frantically I dash to the ceiling fans...
I switch them... on top notch!
Desperately I grab the keys to liberate the windows…
Roll up those blinds!
Fling open those louvres… one, two, three, four sets of them…
Phew! Done!
I wait several heart beats, with bated breath!
Silence is golden, except for those fans hectically whirring like hummingbirds!
Was I a hero?
Doubtful…
But I did spare our nine hundred strong, school community, the annoying disruption of an impromptu Fire Drill!
I guess ‘Most Responsible Staff member’ won’t be headed my way this week!
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