The poem is a definition using all the senses and similes that the students make personal by using original detail, which reflects their lives and experiences. Emotion is color. It sounds like hissing static on the radio. It tastes like overcooked noodles. It smells like a musty, closed attic room.
Indifference feels like a lukewarm bath in rusty water.
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