Let’s flip our pencils

and pray for erasure

of our projections

and scribbled premonitions.

Let’s put our pencils down

and face to face each other.

Let our ears understand twice.

Let our mouths grace once over.

Let’s stop passing notes

folded like footballs.

Let’s hand in hand be

vulnerable respectfully.

Let’s close our test booklets

and study each other.

Let’s not worry about grades,

but graces to pass before passing.