I sit in my chair

at my desk

pushed next to three other desks

each with their own students

there are other identical pods of desks

all scattered about the room

on the same floor

and next to this room

is another room

the same desks

the same chairs

and next to that room

is another

and all of these identical rooms

with all of their desks and chairs and students

are in a school

and that school is one of many schools

all operating under the state

one state of many

and those states make up a country

a country named freedom

a country filled with desks and chairs

in their own little classrooms

and there are schools all around the world

in different countries

in different continents

with only one common factor

planet earth

earth isn’t alone

earth, with all of its desks and chairs

planets are abundant

planets and stars and nebulae

orbiting each other

drawn to each other

all part of a bigger picture

galaxies

full of their planets and stars

and all in the ultimate location

the universe

and in the universe there are desks and chairs

and students sitting in those chairs

all grouped together in their little pods of desks

and I am

alone