"IN THE EXAMINATION HALL" BY AMEEDAT SALIS

Examination is like a black market

Where you don’t know what to get until you’re there

Examination hall is like a dark room

Where you pretend to be blind 

Blind not to see your neighbour 

Invigilators are the ghosts 

They appear and disappear 

They are privileged to see us and anything around but 

You dare not or cannot see them 

Students are seen as a criminal 

Dragged to the dark room to confess their crimes in paper

the battling mirrors in the examination hall.

AMEEDAT OLANIKE SALIS

- Nigeria

The poet persona speaks about the unusual quietness of students and sharp eyes of invigilators while students are expected to produce all they have been taught independently.