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ANALYSIS
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tags: 2182, rimbaud, violet
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.ps 10
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There was a slow dithering moment before it all coalesced and came
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upon him like a spilled dinner tray. All of the air went out of him at
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once. What the tiny viewscreen showed him would certainly mean the end
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of his tenure; if not his career as an instructor of children's
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literature.
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Little Violet reading from her diary.
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.ps 10
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He clutched at the front pocket on his shirt for tobacco. Must keep
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watch. (Can't watch.) He ran a knotted hand through his auburn strands
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(or lack thereof) and pulled at the lobe of his ear while blue smoke
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ran fingers of its own down his cheek, mocking him tenderly.
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Another minute, maybe less.
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As Violet brought her reading to a close, the other children began
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to text each other about the performance, proceeding to update their
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class journals as they waited for a response. The classroom was devoid
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of snickers. The group had broken out into mad hysterics of flat
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silence. Rimbaud's attention was still rapt.
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What Violet had said.
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He pocketed the monitor and poked his cigarette into a receptacle.
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Attached his glasses and pushed back through the heavy air of the
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empty hallway. Resumed his classroom.
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She'd kept quiet.
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In spite of her innuendo, bald threats, blatant comminations,
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exaggerated bluster, roundabout disparagement; she hadn't shared her
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scathing review of his first novel with the class.
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That was good.
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That was a good girl.
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Rimaud considered staying on for the semester.
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He thought:
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.I
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Those who can't, teach.
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.ps 10
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The students remained silent as he entered.
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