The disillusioned university applicant
sits at the dining table
chewing her pen, biting her nails
attempting to beat down the memories of her Oxford interview
and concentrate
on the Flying Theme from E.T.
But revision - learning this list, remembering these words -
won't reclaim the place she lost
when the wild-haired
smirky-mouthed
bespectacled Oxford don
put her Personal Statement on the 'no' pile.
Heat rises
in the disillusioned Oxbridge applicant's chest
as she remembers those words:
"You would be the ideal student"
that slithered from the don's mouth
like the emerald green serpent of temptation
taunting
dangling
giveth, then taketh away.
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