My heart sings off-key
For the half notes
That never got to whole

My hands beat a doldrum
Into the desk

Checking my watch
Every five minutes

Waiting for this day
To finally finish
So I can escape
To something else
Anything else

I can only whistle one tune
For so long
Until I forget the sound
Of all other tunes

And the hope of music
Becomes just
The senseless noise
Of that one tune