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Anticipation drove me to want you.
You see academia through the lens of objectivity,
through the rationale of perfectly spaced checkboxes
and politely declining saturday dinners because
“I really do have that Human Geography due in two days.”
You treat stress with benevolence,
the matter-of-fact splash of weeks, slippery
like dead fish;
only your hook may terminate the thrashing of helplessness, the
cold rush of fear when your clammy fists hit the desk
and lament “oh bother.”
Because miles away – somewhere across the interwoven streets of London,
a young man forgot to do his homework last night.
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Arthur Sadrian has been an avid writer and novelist since his crayon days. He has written over a dozen novels, novellas, novelettes and poetry books by his own initiative and is published and forthcoming in literary magazines such as Beltway Quarterly, Down in the Dirt and Teen Ink. He has also served as a Junior Editor on Polyphony Lit, Chief Content Officer at a startup, Copy Editor of his school’s yearbook committee and is alumni of the Iowa Young Writers’ Studio.