clock/bomb
                  for Ahmed Mohammed

sometimes a clock is only a clock
but sometimes a clock is a bomb

sometimes a clock is a bomb
even if it is only a clock

sometimes if you made it yourself
a clock is an apple for the teacher

sometimes a clock is a bomb
if your teacher can’t see it is an apple

sometimes you could become a bomb
if your teacher knows only one thing about you

(do you dry up
or do you explode?)

sometimes you reveal the true location
of the bomb to be in your teacher

sometimes you don’t become a bomb
sometimes you become fireworks