The Last Episode

By Raima Joseph

A few days back,

I watched a Netflix

series About a jubilant,

jovial girl Surviving

school with ease.

Well, the first season

Consisted of twelve

episodes. Her twelve year's of schooling,

A summarised version it showed.

The first five episodes were

Filled with the joys of spring,

Albeit, the next five were,

Rather gruelling than

amusing.

Boy, was her life

An enthralling ride,

Bit of salt, dash of sugar

Entertainment, it did provide.

Although, the tenth episode

Seemed rather tiresome,

She studied in most scenes

Besides complaining in some.

Now, the eleventh epsiode

Was definitely the cream.

A barrel of laughter, it

was Almost as if a dream.

She played, she sang

She laughed, she cried,

All her friends, old and new

With them she smiled.

Onto the twelfth episode,

Something funny happened.

Lasted only six minutes,

And left me abandoned.

Netflix showed no error text,

So, I went back to the menu.

But the show was removed,

The reason, I never knew.

"What about her farewell?

What about her friends?

The best year of a kid's life,

And this is how hers ends?

Do you follow?

Do you not see?

The show never existed,

It's a story about me.

My school was locked

away Away from my reach,

To meet my comrades,

Many a time did I beseech.

Sure, it all occured over

A hyptertext transfer protocol,

The syllabus is complete,

So then, was that all?

Was that the final year of what

Was considered our second home?

Our makeshift school, an application

Installed from Chrome?

Alas, we are merely actors

Who must wait for a new script.

A new script to bridge the gap

For the year that slipped.

Comprehension is not at fault,

Mind you, we understand entirely.

But a year's worth memories

For us, are skipped for eternity.

Our gratitude for your aid,

Must not be forsaken.

But we will all be the ones

without Our final year's picture taken.

I write not to complain,

About the toils we faced,

But about the unfinished episode

That now has been erased.

The final episode,

Is now forever on pause.

We wait with painful

patience As the curtain now draws

By Raima Joseph