Andrew Hardy Assignment 2

Field Reports Upon Entering the Troposphere

Our spaceship landed on a green expanse
strange symbols in some ritual order
our engines echo in the grey silence
could this space be a place of sacrifice?

we extend the probes into the nearby structure
through coloured corridors droves of organisms flock
they're adorned with identical insignias
perhaps we've discovered a hive mind

Off the main corridors, these creatures crowd into small chambers
so many of them slumber, preliminary reports
 conclude some sort of incubation facility
but detailed observations provide contradictory conclusions

the creatures have too unpredictable behaviors
and have some sort of convoluted communication habits
such animated responses. decoding sequences will commence
maybe, this is a sentient species that might accomplish something

        I tried to create a curious tone throughout the piece because that's how I've felt towards high school. I've had difficulty understanding a lot about the structures of high school. I used some pseudotechnical language to describe high school, almost as if from a Star Trek episode about discovering a new planet. I tried to have line breaks emphasize these absurd observations like "preliminary reports" that high school is merely an sleeping chamber. The poem is not meant to be a criticism or a judgement of the high school system. The last line contributes to a hopeful sense that high school and the people within it can accomplish significant things.