Witness: Once is an Accident, Twice is a coincidence, Three Times is a Habit.

James Galvan
English 306
Steve Pett

Witness: Once is an Accident, Twice is a coincidence, Three Times is a Habit.

It was just another day
at the beginning of the school year.
Nothing seemed too unusual
about this very morning
except that I only got one
piece of toast for breakfast
instead of the usual three.

I never look forward to this time of month
except for the occasional day off
from school that September
has to offer.

It was a block schedule
and that could only mean
my first hour class was twice as long.
This class so far has proven to be boring
so expecting anything different
would be like expecting world peace.

As I entered class
something was different.
The teacher wasn’t taking attendance
My classmates weren’t in their seats.
I didn’t know we were going to watch a video.
To my surprise we weren’t even going to do that.

Watching the television news
was today’s lecture.
Finally something to take the dullness
out of the day.

An accident and not just any accident.
This kind was one of those once in a blue moon ones
and that’s another reason why
alcoholics shouldn’t be pilots.

Certainly once is an accident
but when it is this drastic.
Twice can’t just be a coincidence.
Especially if an the second one
is a mirror image of the first.