#psat18

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You must fill out information on the scantron. You must give your address. You cannot remember your address. You must give your address. Do you even have an address? You must give your address. Do you even exist? You must give your address.

You continue to fill out your scantron. It has been an hour. You continue to fill out your scantron. It has been a week. You continue to fill out your scantron. The proctor has not allowed you to start the test. You continue to fill out your scantron. It has been a month. You continue to

The proctor’s eyes are lifeless. Their eyes so, so familiar but their face so unfamiliar. You think maybe you’ve seen them somewhere. Maybe during passing period? Maybe during lunch? You don’t know. They continue to drone out instructions from a paper book, no emotions present on their blank face or their vacant stare.

There are people who are asleep. They only awaken to fill in their scantron. They somehow manage to fill in all of their scantron. They receive the best scores. The energy around them is ominous. You don’t dare make eye contact.

Everyone is coughing. There is no silence. You wonder how these people haven’t coughed up their lungs yet, or why they came to school when they sound so sick. You start coughing to. The only kid not coughing looks you in the eyes to give you a disapproving look.

The proctor declares that there are five minutes left for this section. You have barely started. You start to answer the questions. The proctor demands everyone put their pencils down.

There are graphs in the reading section. You don’t know why or how they correlate with the article. How do the graphs prove the author’s position? You don’t know You don’t know You don’t know

There is a math question in the reading section. You must give an answer. The question blinks at you as you fill in your answer.

The articles make no sense. They are like none you’ve seen before. You don’t dare look directly at the words in fear of what will attach itself to you if you do.

This sentence needs to be revised. You can see nothing wrong with it, but A)NO CHANGE radiates such an intimidating energy you cannot bring yourself to circle it. This sentence needs to be revised.

The math questions never give you enough information. They demand you to find the corpse of a god, but only give you nonsense and numbers.

It is finished. You all shuffle off to lunch, eyes blank and dead. You join your friends, their eyes somehow full of life. You wonder how they are so cheerful.