Fun Hall Friday
On Fridays before first period,
as the students drag their bleary
teenage brains from locker
to cafeteria to classroom, perambulating
with their friends or shuffling
their zombie shuffle, shields up,
lost in their earbuds and phones,
my fellow teachers and I fill our
hallway with absurdity. Every
Friday, a new version of absurdity,
a weekly hope to help our students
find some joy within this school.
We roll out the stereo and the
party lights, or we fire up all
of the bubble machines- an ocean
of bubbles, a wall to pop through,
as they head to Algebra or Art II,
or we decorate the hall like a jungle
and play Jurassic Park, or a beach
to free us from the reality of winter,
or a college football tailgate,
a nineteen-eighties sleepover with
sleeping bags and popcorn and MTV,
or a life-sized game of Clue–
each of us a character– Scarlet,
Peacock, Mustard, Plum, and White,
and before Christmas we sing carols,
and we haunt the hallway on Halloween,
and we yell out Happy Friday, Bears,
as the students pass by and we
try to find a way to get them to crack
a smile, even as they roll their eyes.
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