in mrs tilschers class carol ann duffy

• chalky pyramids rubbed into dust
• laugh of a bell
• this was better than home
• the classroom glowed like a sweet shop
• Brady and Hindley faded, like the faint,uneasy smudge of a mistake
• good gold star
• inky tadpoles changed from commas into exclamation marks
• a rough boy told you how you were born
• the air tasted of electricity
• a tangible alarm
• Mrs tilscher smiled, then turned away
• sky split into a thunderstorm